Development of the Korean version of short-form 36-item health survey: Health related QOL of healthy elderly people and elderly patients in Korea

Tohoku Journal of Experimental Medicine

Volumn 203, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 189-194

  Han, Chang Wan ^a   Lee, Eun Joo ^b   Iwaya, Tsutomu ^c   Kataoka, Hitomi ^b   Kohzuki, Masahiro ^b  

^a Woosong University   (South Korea)

^b TOHOKU UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^c Natl Rehab Center for the Disabled   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Health related quality of life; Korea; SF 36; Stroke

Indexed keywords

AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; DISCRIMINANT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; KOREA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; QUALITY OF LIFE; RELIABILITY; SCORING SYSTEM; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; VALIDATION PROCESS;

EID: 4444269579     PISSN: 00408727     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1620/tjem.203.189     Document Type: Article

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