Toward a general model of health-related quality of life

Quality of Life Research

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 235-241

  Romney, D M ^a   Evans, D R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cardiac patients; Healthy populations; Quality of life; Schizophrenic patients

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEART DISEASE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MODEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; SCHIZOPHRENIA;

ADULT; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MODELS, THEORETICAL; ONTARIO; QUALITY OF LIFE; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SCHIZOPHRENIC PSYCHOLOGY;

EID: 0029981053     PISSN: 09629343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF00434745     Document Type: Article

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