Conducting cross-cultural research in teams and the search for the "culture-proof" variable

Menopause

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 680-687

  Draper, Patricia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging; Coding; Cross cultural research; Methods; Qualitative data

Indexed keywords

AGING; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BOTSWANA; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONFERENCE PAPER; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; CULTURAL FACTOR; HONG KONG; HUMAN; IRELAND; MEDICAL RESEARCH; PHYSICAL CAPACITY; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL ASPECT; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIETY; UNITED STATES;

CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; FEMALE; HUMANS; MENOPAUSE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RESEARCH DESIGN;

EID: 34447328078     PISSN: 10723714     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/gme.0b013e3180986289     Document Type: Conference Paper

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