Dimensional structure of the SF-36 in neurological patients

Journal of Clinical Epidemiology

Volumn 59, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 541-543

  Dallmeijer, A J ^a,b   Dekker, J ^a,b   Knol, D L ^a,b   Kalmijn, S ^c,d   Schepers, V P M ^d   de Groot, V ^a,b   Lindeman, E ^d   Beelen, A ^e   Lankhorst, G J ^a,b  

^a VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^d UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^e ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; ARTICLE; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MEDICAL RESEARCH; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOMETRY; SHORT FORM 36;

AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HUMANS; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUALITY OF LIFE;

EID: 33646064739     PISSN: 08954356     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jclinepi.2005.11.001     Document Type: Article

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