Measuring health-related quality of life in children with heart disease

Applied Nursing Research

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 74-80

  Connolly, Dana ^a   Rutkowski, Monika ^b   Auslender, Marcelo ^b   Artman, Michael ^b  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HEART DISEASE; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOMETRY; QUALITY OF LIFE; SELF REPORT; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; AGE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; EVALUATION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; QUESTIONNAIRE; REPRODUCIBILITY; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; AGE FACTORS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HEART DISEASES; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; NEW YORK; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 0036581318     PISSN: 08971897     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/apnr.2002.29525     Document Type: Article

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