Conceptualization, measurement, and application of quality of life for persons with intellectual disabilities: Report of an international panel of experts

Mental Retardation

Volumn 40, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 457-470

  Schalock, Robert L ^a   Brown, Ivan ^a   Brown, Roy ^a   Cummins, Robert A ^a   Felce, David ^a   Matikka, Leena ^a   Keith, Kenneth D ^a   Parmenter, Trevor ^a  

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ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CULTURAL FACTOR; HUMAN; MENTAL DEFICIENCY; PERSONALITY TEST; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOMETRY; QUALITY OF LIFE; REPRODUCIBILITY; STATISTICS;

CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; GUIDELINES; HUMANS; MENTAL RETARDATION; PERSONALITY ASSESSMENT; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUALITY OF LIFE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 0036884311     PISSN: 00476765     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1352/0047-6765(2002)040<0457:CMAAOQ>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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