Practical methods for dealing with 'not applicable' item responses in the AMC Linear Disability Score project.

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Published in Health Qual Life Outcomes on June 16, 2004

Authors

Rebecca Holman1, Cees A W Glas, Robert Lindeboom, Aeilko H Zwinderman, Rob J de Haan

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Academic Medical Center, Amsterdam, The Netherlands. r.holman@amc.uva.nl

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