Psychometric qualities of the French version of the Heinrichs quality of life rating scale

European Psychiatry

Volumn 14, Issue 7, 1999, Pages 386-391

  Simon Abbadi, S ^a   Guelfi, J D ^b   Ginestet, D ^b  

^a CHS les Mûrets   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ PARIS SACLAY   (France)

Author keywords

Quality of life; Rating scale; Schizophrenia

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; FRANCE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOMETRY; QUALITY OF LIFE; SCHIZOPHRENIA; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 0032706584     PISSN: 09249338     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0924-9338(99)00231-X     Document Type: Article

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