A new measure of health-related quality of life for children: Preliminary findings

Psychology and Health

Volumn 12, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 655-665

  Graham, Philip ^a,c   Stevenson, James ^b   Flynn, Deborah ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c NONE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Assessment; Children; Chronic illness; Proxy measures; Quality of life

Indexed keywords

EID: 0031510127     PISSN: 08870446     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08870449708407412     Document Type: Article

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