The factor structure of the SF-36 Health Survey in 10 countries: results from the IQOLA Project. International Quality of Life Assessment.

@article{Ware1998TheFS,
  title={The factor structure of the SF-36 Health Survey in 10 countries: results from the IQOLA Project. International Quality of Life Assessment.},
  author={John E. Jr. Ware and Mark Kosinski and Barbara Gandek and Neil K. Aaronson and Giovanni Apolone and Per Bech and John E. Brazier and Monika Bullinger and Stein Kaasa and Alain Lepl{\`e}ge and Luis Prieto and Marianne Sullivan},
  journal={Journal of clinical epidemiology},
  year={1998},
  volume={51 11},
  pages={
          1159-65
        }
}
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