Measuring Health-related Quality of Life in Singapore: Normal Values for the English and Chinese SF-36 Health Survey

Annals of the Academy of Medicine Singapore

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 366-374

  Thumboo, Julian ^a   Chan, S P ^b   Machin, D ^b   Soh, C H ^b   Feng, P H ^b   Boey, M L ^b   Leong, K H ^b   Thio, S T ^b   Fong, K Y ^b  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Asia; Co morbidity; Ethnic groups; Quality of life; Reference values; Singapore

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHINA; COMORBIDITY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INDIA; LANGUAGE; MALAYSIA; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; REFERENCE VALUE; SINGAPORE; STANDARD;

ADULT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHINA; COMORBIDITY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; INDIA; MALAYSIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; REFERENCE VALUES; SINGAPORE; TRANSLATING;

EID: 0036583592     PISSN: 03044602     EISSN: 29724066     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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