Measurement of quality of life in the health care field. Applications in child health

Archives of Hellenic Medicine

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 254-266

  Nakou, S ^a  

^a Institute of Child Health   (Greece)

Author keywords

Child health; Quality of life; Well being

Indexed keywords

ATTITUDE; CHILD HEALTH CARE; CHILDHOOD MORTALITY; CHRONIC DISEASE; DISABILITY; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH CARE NEED; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; HUMAN RIGHTS; INFANT MORTALITY; MEASUREMENT; POPULATION; QUALITY OF LIFE; REVIEW; SCREENING;

EID: 0035200677     PISSN: 11053992     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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