Quality of Life of the Malaysian General Population: Results from a Postal Survey Using the SF-36

Medical Journal of Malaysia

Volumn 58, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 694-711

  Azman, Abu Bakar ^a   Sararaks, S ^a   Rugayah, B ^b   Low, L L ^a   Azian, A A ^a   Geeta, S ^a   Tiew, C T ^a  

^a Public Health Institute   (Malaysia)

^b HOSPITAL KUALA LUMPUR   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Health related quality of life; SF 36

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MALAYSIA; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEX DIFFERENCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; DATA COLLECTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALAYSIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTAL SERVICE; QUALITY OF LIFE;

EID: 1842684072     PISSN: 03005283     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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