The reliability of the Minimum European Health Module

International Journal of Public Health

Volumn 54, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 55-60

  Cox, Bianca ^a   van Oyen, Herman ^a   Cambois, Emmanuelle ^b   Jagger, Carol ^c   Roy, Sophie Le ^d   Robine, Jean Marie ^d   Romieu, Isabelle ^d  

^a SCIENTIFIC INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Belgium)

^b INSTITUT NATIONAL D'ÉTUDES DÉMOGRAPHIQUES   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

^d INSERM   (France)

Author keywords

Activity limitation; Chronic conditions; Reliability; Self perceived health; Survey instrument

Indexed keywords

AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; CHRONIC DISEASE; INTERVIEW; LANGUAGE ABILITY; MINIMUM EUROPEAN HEALTH MODULE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEX DIFFERENCE; TEST RETEST RELIABILITY;

EID: 63649150815     PISSN: 16618556     EISSN: 1420911X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00038-009-7104-y     Document Type: Article

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