Comparative study of quality of life between the Chinese and japanese adolescent populations

Psychiatry and Clinical Neurosciences

Volumn 54, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 147-152

  Wang, Xiangdong ^a,b   Matsuda, Nobuko ^a   Ma, Hong ^b   Shinfuku, Naotaka ^a  

^a KOBE UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b PEKING UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (China)

Author keywords

Adolescent; Cross cultural comparison; Mental health; Quality of life; Rating scale

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHINA; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CULTURAL FACTOR; FEMALE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HIGH SCHOOL; HUMAN; JAPAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; POPULATION RESEARCH; QUALITY OF LIFE; RATING SCALE;

ADOLESCENT; AGE FACTORS; CHILD; CHINA; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; FEMALE; HUMANS; JAPAN; MALE; QUALITY OF LIFE; SEX FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; STUDENTS;

EID: 0034015327     PISSN: 13231316     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1440-1819.2000.00650.x     Document Type: Article

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