An Italian-Australian comparison of quality of life among people with intellectual disability living in the community

Journal of Intellectual Disability Research

Volumn 43, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 513-522

  Verri, A ^a   Cummins, Robert A ^b   Petito, F ^b   Vallero, E ^a   Monteath, S ^b   Gerosa, E ^a   Nappi, G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PAVIA   (Italy)

^b DEAKIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Comprehensive Quality of Life Scale; Italian Australian comparison; Quality of life

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; COMMUNITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INTELLECTUAL IMPAIRMENT; ITALY; LIFE SATISFACTION; MALE; QUALITY OF LIFE; WELLBEING;

ADULT; AUSTRALIA; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; GROUP HOMES; HUMANS; ITALY; MALE; MENTAL RETARDATION; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SAMPLING STUDIES;

EID: 0033429845     PISSN: 09642633     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2788.1999.00241.x     Document Type: Article

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