Reliability and validity of 2 single-item measures of psychosocial stress

Epidemiology

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 398-403

  Littman, Alyson J ^a,b   White, Emily ^a,b   Satia, Jessie A ^c   Bowen, Deborah J ^a   Kristal, Alan R ^a,b  

^a Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^c IL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; EVALUATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIFE EVENT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIAL PROBLEM; STRESS; TEST RETEST RELIABILITY;

AGED; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 33748110276     PISSN: 10443983     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.ede.0000219721.89552.51     Document Type: Article

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