Assessing the validity of the SF-36 General Health Survey.

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Published in Qual Life Res on April 01, 1997

Authors

S A Stansfeld1, R Roberts, S P Foot

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, University College London Medical School, UK.

Associated clinical trials:

Whitehall II - Social and Occupational Influences On Health and Illness | NCT00005680

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