Component structure of the SF-36 in Jamaicans with sickle cell disease

West Indian Medical Journal

Volumn 56, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 491-497

  Asnani, M ^a   Lipps, G ^b   Reid, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST INDIES   (Jamaica)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST INDIES   (Jamaica)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT TOOL; COHORT ANALYSIS; DEMOGRAPHY; EMOTION; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; JAMAICA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PHYSICAL CAPACITY; QUALITY OF LIFE; SHORT FORM 36; SICKLE CELL ANEMIA; SOCIAL INTERACTION;

ADULT; ANEMIA, SICKLE CELL; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; JAMAICA; MALE; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 42349084500     PISSN: 00433144     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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