Quality of life indicators and health: Current status and emerging conceptions

Social Indicators Research

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 65-88

  Raphael, Dennis ^a   Renwick, Rebecca ^a   Brown, Ivan ^a   Rootman, Irving ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Health promotion; Quality of life

Indexed keywords

HEALTH INDICATOR; HEALTH STATUS; QUALITY OF LIFE;

EID: 0030391194     PISSN: 03038300     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF00300833     Document Type: Article

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