Journal of Clinical Epidemiology
Volume 52, Issue 2 , Pages 105-111 , February 1999

Clinimetric and Psychometric Strategies for Development of a Health Measurement Scale

  • Robert G. Marx

      Affiliations

    • Department of Surgery and Public Health Sciences, Clinical Epidemiology, and Health Research Program, University of Toronto, The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
    • Institute for Work and Health, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
    • ,
  • Claire Bombardier

      Affiliations

    • Department of Medicine, Health Administration, University of Toronto, Institute for Work and Health, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
    • ,
  • Sheila Hogg-Johnson

      Affiliations

    • Institute for Work and Health, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
    • ,
  • James G. Wright

      Affiliations

    • Department of Surgery and Public Health Sciences, Clinical Epidemiology, and Health Research Program, University of Toronto, The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress for correspondence: Dr. J.G. Wright, Associate Professor of Surgery and Public Health Sciences, University of Toronto, The Hospital for Sick Children, 555 University Avenue, S-107, Toronto, ON, M5G 1X8, Canada

,Accepted 13 October 1998.

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Journal of Clinical Epidemiology
Volume 52, Issue 2 , Pages 105-111 , February 1999

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