Updating and validation of the socioeconomic status scale for health research in Egypt;Mise à jour et validation d'une échelle du statut socioéconomique pour la recherche en santé en Égypte

Eastern Mediterranean Health Journal

Volumn 18, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 962-968

  El Gilany, A ^a   El Wehady, A ^a   El Wasify, M ^a  

^a MANSOURA UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CRONBACH ALPHA COEFFICIENT; INTERNAL CONSISTENCY; KAPPA STATISTICS; LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL RESEARCH; RELIABILITY; SCORING SYSTEM; SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS SCALE; SOCIOECONOMICS; VALIDITY;

EID: 85146142972     PISSN: 10203397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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