Development and validation of a lifetime exposure questionnaire for use among Chinese populations

Scientific Reports

Volumn 3, Issue , 2013, Pages

  Wu, Shenghui ^a   Ho, Suzanne C ^b   Lam, Tsz Ping ^b   Woo, Jean ^b   Yuen, P Y ^b   Qin, Ling ^b   Ku, Susanna ^b  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASIAN; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HONG KONG; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MIDDLE AGED; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; QUESTIONNAIRE; REPRODUCIBILITY; SUNLIGHT; TIME; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP;

ADULT; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; HONG KONG; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MIDDLE AGED; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SUNLIGHT; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84885125473     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/srep02793     Document Type: Article

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