A Chinese Mandarin translation and validation of the Myocardial Infarction Dimensional Assessment Scale (MIDAS)

Quality of Life Research

Volumn 15, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 1243-1249

  Wang, W ^a,c   Lopez, V ^b   Thompson, D R ^c  

^a XI'AN JIAOTONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b AUSTRALIAN CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Cross cultural validation; Health status; Myocardial infarction; Outcome measures

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHINA; FEMALE; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOMETRY; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; VALIDATION STUDY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHINA; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 39049186788     PISSN: 09629343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11136-006-0065-1     Document Type: Article

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