Translating instruments for cross-cultural studies in headache research

Headache

Volumn 46, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 82-91

  Peters, Michele ^a,b   Passchier, Jan ^b  

^a Erasmus MC ^*  (Netherlands)

^b ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Cross cultural studies; Headache research; Translation

Indexed keywords

CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTATION; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MEDICAL RESEARCH; METHODOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; REVIEW; UNITED STATES;

CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; HEADACHE; LANGUAGE; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 33645096902     PISSN: 00178748     EISSN: 15264610     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1526-4610.2006.00298.x     Document Type: Review

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