Quality of life in schizophrenia: Development, reliability and internal consistency of the Lancashire Quality of Life Profile - European version. EPSILON study 8

British Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 177, Issue SUPPL. 39, 2000, Pages

  Gaite, Luis ^a   Vázquez Barquero, José Luis ^a   Arriaga Arrizabalaga, Andrés ^a   Schene, Aart H ^b   Welcher, Birgitte ^c   Thornicroft, Graham ^d   Ruggeri, Mirella ^e   Vázquez Bourgon, Elena ^a   Pérez Retuerto, Modesto ^a   Leese, Morven ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CANTABRIA   (Spain)

^b ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c HVIDOVRE HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^d KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^e Universidad de Cantabria ^*

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; EUROPE; HUMAN; LEISURE; LIFE SATISFACTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MULTICENTER STUDY; QUALITY OF LIFE; RATING SCALE; RELIABILITY; SAFETY; SCHIZOPHRENIA; WORK;

EID: 0033947064     PISSN: 00071250     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1192/bjp.177.39.s49     Document Type: Article

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