Development of a student health questionnaire: The necessity of a symbiosis of science and practice

Global Health Promotion

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 35-44

  Boot, Cécile R L ^a,b   Donders, Nathalie C G M ^b,c   Vonk, Peter ^a   Meijman, Frans J ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

health status; health surveillance; self rated health; university students

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STUDENT; UNIVERSITY;

HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HUMANS; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STUDENTS; UNIVERSITIES;

EID: 75549088354     PISSN: 17579759     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1757975909339763     Document Type: Article

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