New evidence on the reliability and validity of the pediatric oncology quality of life scale

Psychology and Health

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 461-469

  Bijttebier, P ^a,d   Vercruysse, T ^a   Vertommen, H ^a   Van Gool, S W ^b,d   Uyttebroeck, A ^b   Brock, P ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^c GREAT ORMOND STREET HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^d FUND FOR SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Assessment; Quality of life

Indexed keywords

EID: 0000236020     PISSN: 08870446     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08870440108405519     Document Type: Article

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