Testing measurement reliability in older populations: methods for informed discrimination in instrument selection and application.

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Published in J Aging Health on December 18, 2007

Authors

Peter H Van Ness1, Virginia R Towle, Manisha Juthani-Mehta

Author Affiliations

1: Yale University School of Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Program on Aging, 300 George Street, Suite 775, New Haven, Connecticut 06511, USA. peter.vanness@yale.edu

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