On the application of structural equation modeling for the construction of a health index

Environmental Health and Preventive Medicine

Volumn 15, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 285-291

  Yanuar, Ferra ^a   Ibrahim, Kamarulzaman ^b   Jemain, Abdul Aziz ^b  

^a ANDALAS UNIVERSITY   (Indonesia)

^b UNIVERSITI KEBANGSAAN MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Health index; Lifestyle; Mental health; Socio demography; Structural equation modeling

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER;

ARTICLE; DEMOGRAPHY; HEALTH CARE CONCEPTS; HEALTH INDICATOR; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; LIFESTYLE; MALAYSIA; MENTAL HEALTH; PROCESS DEVELOPMENT; STRUCTURAL EQUATION MODELING;

EID: 77956466934     PISSN: 1342078X     EISSN: 13474715     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12199-010-0140-7     Document Type: Article

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