Medical technologies, nonhuman aids, human assistance, and environmental factors in the assessment of health states

Quality of Life Research

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 867-874

  Asada, Yukiko ^a  

^a DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Health status; Health Utilities Index; Measurement; Quality of life; World Health Survey

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COGNITION; CONTACT LENS; EMOTION; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEY; HEARING; HEARING AID; MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY; MOBILIZATION; PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBLEM SOLVING; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCORING SYSTEM; SPECTACLES; SPEECH; SYMPTOM; TECHNICAL AID; VISION; WALKING AID; WHEELCHAIR;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; DISABLED PERSONS; ENVIRONMENT DESIGN; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; ORTHOPEDIC EQUIPMENT; QUALITY OF LIFE; SICKNESS IMPACT PROFILE; WORLD HEALTH;

EID: 17744399581     PISSN: 09629343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11136-004-0910-z     Document Type: Article

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