The Spanish version of the quality of life index: Presentation and validation

Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease

Volumn 188, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 301-305

  Mezzich, Juan E ^a   Ruipérez, Maria A ^b   Pérez, Carlos ^d   Yoon, Gihyun ^d   Liu, Jason ^a   Mahmud, Syed ^c  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITAT JAUME I   (Spain)

^c VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; LANGUAGE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; QUALITY OF LIFE; RELIABILITY; SCORING SYSTEM; SELF CARE;

ADULT; AGED; AMBULATORY CARE; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; LANGUAGE; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; NEW YORK CITY; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; PERSONNEL, HOSPITAL; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUALITY OF LIFE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SOCIAL ADJUSTMENT;

EID: 0342803803     PISSN: 00223018     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00005053-200005000-00008     Document Type: Article

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