Measuring quality of life in Britain: Introducing the WHOQOL-100

Journal of Psychosomatic Research

Volumn 47, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 449-459

  Skevington, Suzanne M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BATH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Health; Quality of life; Reliability; Validity; WHOQOL 100

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; DISCRIMINANT ANALYSIS; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; ENERGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOBILIZATION; NORMAL HUMAN; QUALITY OF LIFE; RELIABILITY; UNITED KINGDOM; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 0033430910     PISSN: 00223999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-3999(99)00051-3     Document Type: Article

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