Normative data and discriminative properties of short form 36 (SF-36) in Turkish urban population

BMC Public Health

Volumn 6, Issue , 2006, Pages

  Demiral, Yucel ^a   Ergor, Gul ^a   Unal, Belgin ^a   Semin, Semih ^a   Akvardar, Yildiz ^a   Kivircik, Berna ^a   Alptekin, Köksal ^a  

^a DOKUZ EYLUL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; ECONOMIC ASPECT; FEMALE; HEALTH; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; LANGUAGE; MALE; PATIENT EDUCATION; RATING SCALE; SHORT FORM 36; SOCIOECONOMICS; TURKEY (REPUBLIC); URBAN POPULATION; ADOLESCENT; EVALUATION; INSTRUMENTATION; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOMETRY; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; REFERENCE VALUE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; REFERENCE VALUES; TURKEY; URBAN HEALTH;

EID: 33750380878     PISSN: 14712458     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-6-247     Document Type: Article

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