Health-related quality of life in Swiss adolescents with asthma: Validation of the AAQOL-D and comparison with Australian adolescents

Swiss Medical Weekly

Volumn 134, Issue 7-8, 2004, Pages 91-96

  Somerville, Alison ^a   Knopfli B ^b   Rutishauser, C ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

^b Alpine Children's Hospital Davos   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Adolescents; Asthma; Health related quality of life

Indexed keywords

CIGARETTE SMOKE;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; AUSTRALIA; CIGARETTE SMOKING; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCHOOL CHILD; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SWITZERLAND; THERMOMETER;

EID: 1442278170     PISSN: 14247860     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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