Measurement of the functional status in juvenile rheumatoid arthritis: Evaluation of the Arabic version of the Childhood Health Assessment Questionnaire

Medical Principles and Practice

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 281-286

  Al Jarallah, K ^a   Shehab, D ^a   Al Saeid, K ^a   Moussa, M A A ^a  

^a KUWAIT UNIVERSITY   (Kuwait)

Author keywords

Childhood Health Assessment Questionnaire; Functional assessment; Health status measures; Juvenile rheumatoid arthritis

Indexed keywords

ARAB; ARTICLE; CHILD; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; JUVENILE RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RELIABILITY; REPRODUCIBILITY; VARIANCE;

EID: 0033385398     PISSN: 10117571     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000026105     Document Type: Article

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