World Health Organization Quality of Life Assessment: Brief version in Bahasa Malaysia

Medical Journal of Malaysia

Volumn 58, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 79-88

  Hasanah, C I ^a   Naing, L ^a   Rahman, A R A ^a  

^a SCHOOL OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Abbreviated version; Quality of life scale; Validation; World Health Organization

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; MALAYSIA; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RELIABILITY; SCORING SYSTEM; VALIDATION PROCESS; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALAYSIA; QUALITY OF LIFE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 0043023481     PISSN: 03005283     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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