Development and validation of a health-related quality of life instrument for women with melasma

British Journal of Dermatology

Volumn 149, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 572-577

  Balkrishnan, R ^a   McMichael, A J ^a   Camacho, F T ^a   Saltzberg, F ^a   Housman, T S ^a   Grummer, S ^a   Feldman, S R ^a   Chren, M M ^b  

^a WAKE FOREST UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Health outcomes; Health related quality of life; Instrument; Melasma; Scale

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHLOASMA; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DERMATOLOGY LIFE QUALITY INDEX; DISEASE SEVERITY; EMOTION; EVALUATION; FEAR OF NEGATIVE EVALUATION SCALE; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; LEISURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MELASMA QUALITY OF LIFE SCALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOMETRY; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RECREATION; SKIN DISCOLORATION; SKINDEX 16; SOCIAL LIFE; SOCIAL PROBLEM; WELLBEING;

ADULT; AGED; EMOTIONS; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; LEISURE ACTIVITIES; MELANOSIS; MIDDLE AGED; PROGNOSIS; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0142120540     PISSN: 00070963     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2133.2003.05419.x     Document Type: Article

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