Psychometric evaluation and normative data for the Greek SF-36 health survey using a large urban population sample

Archives of Hellenic Medicine

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 159-166

  Pappa, E ^a   Kontodimopoulos, N ^a   Niakas, D ^a  

^a HELLENIC OPEN UNIVERSITY   (Greece)

Author keywords

Normative data; Quality of life; Reliability; SF 36; Validity

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONSTRUCT VALIDITY; DATA ANALYSIS; DEMOGRAPHY; GREECE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MEDICAL RESEARCH; PSYCHOMETRY; QUALITY OF LIFE; RELIABILITY; SAMPLING; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 33745010481     PISSN: 11053992     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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