Development of a short version of the sense of coherence scale for population survey

Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health

Volumn 61, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 921-922

  Togari, Taisuke ^a,b   Yamazaki, Yoshihiko ^a   Nakayama, Kazuhiro ^c   Shimizu, Junichi ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b JAPAN SOCIETY FOR THE PROMOTION OF SCIENCE   (Japan)

^c ST LUKE'S INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d TOKYO METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEMOGRAPHIC SURVEY; INTERNET; PUBLIC HEALTH;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRONBACH ALPHA COEFFICIENT; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INTERNET; MALE; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MEDICAL RESEARCH; SOCIOLOGY; VALIDATION STUDY;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOMETRICS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 34848917314     PISSN: 0143005X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jech.2006.056697     Document Type: Article

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