Model specification in oral health-related quality of life research

European Journal of Oral Sciences

Volumn 117, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 481-484

  Kieffer, Jacobien M ^a   Verrips, Erik ^a,b   Hoogstraten, Johan ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b TNO   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Measurement models; Oral health related quality of life

Indexed keywords

ANXIETY; ARTICLE; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; HEALTH; HUMAN; INCOME; INTELLIGENCE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; PSYCHOMETRY; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; REPRODUCIBILITY; SOCIAL CLASS; STANDARD; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS;

ANXIETY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; HUMANS; INCOME; INTELLIGENCE; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; MODELS, STATISTICAL; ORAL HEALTH; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SOCIAL CLASS;

EID: 70349199118     PISSN: 09098836     EISSN: 16000722     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0722.2009.00650.x     Document Type: Article

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