Assessing the psychometric and ecometric properties of neighborhood scales in developing countries: Saúde em Beagá study, Belo Horizonte, Brazil, 2008-2009

Journal of Urban Health

Volumn 90, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 246-261

  Friche, Amélia Augusta De Lima ^a   Diez Roux, Ana V ^b   César, Cibele Comini ^a   Xavier, César Coelho ^a   Proietti, Fernando Augusto ^a   Caiaffa, Waleska Teixeira ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MINAS GERAIS   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Censuses; Data collection; Environment design; Epidemiologic methods; Psychometrics; Residence characteristics; Self report

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAZIL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POPULATION RESEARCH; PSYCHOMETRY; PUBLIC HEALTH; QUESTIONNAIRE; REPRODUCIBILITY; VERY ELDERLY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BRAZIL; CENSUSES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOMETRICS; PUBLIC HEALTH; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84876293888     PISSN: 10993460     EISSN: 14682869     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11524-012-9737-z     Document Type: Article

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