Selecting a measurement model for the analysis of the national institutes of health stroke scale

International Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 119, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 1042-1059

  Iramaneerat, Cherdsak ^a   Smith Jr , Everett V ^b   Millis, Scott R ^c   Lyden, Patrick D ^d  

^a MAHIDOL UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

^c WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

AIC; BIC; Item response theory; Measurement models; NIHSS; Stroke

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECISION MAKING; ETHNICITY; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL INFORMATION; NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH STROKE SCALE; STROKE; ADOLESCENT; BRAIN INFARCTION; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CHRONIC BRAIN DISEASE; CLASSIFICATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; DISABILITY; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICS; THEORETICAL MODEL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BRAIN DAMAGE, CHRONIC; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CEREBRAL INFARCTION; CLINICAL TRIALS AS TOPIC; DISABILITY EVALUATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, THEORETICAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; STROKE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 68149158500     PISSN: 00207454     EISSN: 15635279     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00207450801909100     Document Type: Article

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