The validity and utility of subjective quality of life: A reply to Hatton & Ager

Journal of Applied Research in Intellectual Disabilities

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 261-268

  Cummins, Robert A ^a  

^a DEAKIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

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EID: 0036055268     PISSN: 13602322     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1468-3148.2002.00123.x     Document Type: Article

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