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Introduction to health measurement scales
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Metadata
- Authors
- Keszei, A. P., Novak, M., & Streiner, D. L.
- Venue
- Journal of Psychosomatic Research
- Publisher
- Elsevier BV
- Published
- 2010-04
- Volume
- 68
- Issue
- 4
- Pages
- 319-323
- ISSN
- 0022-3999 (ISSN-L)
- OpenAlex
- W2102743086
- Cited by
- 490
- References
- 26
- FWCI
- 13.08
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
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