Ethnic differences in quality of life in adolescents among Chinese, Malay and Indians in Singapore

Quality of Life Research

Volumn 14, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 1755-1768

  Tze, Pin Ng ^a,d   Lim, Lionel Chee Chong ^a   Jin, Aizhen ^b   Shinfuku, N ^c  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^b MOUNT ELIZABETH MEDICAL CENTRE   (Singapore)

^c KOBE UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d NATIONAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Adolescents; Cultural; Ethnic differences; Quality of life

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENCE; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHINESE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; ECONOMIC ASPECT; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; INDIAN; MALAYSIA; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOMETRY; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZATION; SCORING SYSTEM; SELF REPORT; SINGAPORE; SOCIAL ASPECT; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT PSYCHOLOGY; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; CHILD; CHILD WELFARE; CHINA; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIA; MALAYSIA; MALE; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SINGAPORE;

EID: 22144443884     PISSN: 09629343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11136-005-1741-2     Document Type: Article

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