Health-related quality of life in Australian children with asthma: Lessons for the cross-cultural use of quality of life instruments

Quality of Life Research

Volumn 7, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 409-419

  French, D J ^a   Carroll, A ^b   Christie, M J ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Asthma; Children; Cross cultural research; Quality of life; Questionnaires

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASTHMA; AUSTRALIA; CHILD; CULTURAL FACTOR; HUMAN; LIFESTYLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOMETRY; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SELF CARE; SEMANTICS;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADOLESCENT; ASTHMA; AUSTRALIA; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; HUMANS; MALE; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 0031858758     PISSN: 09629343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1008805903785     Document Type: Article

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