Commentary on Halabi J.O. (2006) Psychometric properties of the Arabic version of Quality of Life Index. Journal of Advanced Nursing 55(5), 604-611

Journal of Advanced Nursing

Volumn 55, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 610-611

  Hussein Rassool, G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CULTURAL FACTOR; HUMAN; LANGUAGE; LINGUISTICS; NOTE; PSYCHOMETRY; PUBLICATION; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; REPRODUCIBILITY; SICKNESS IMPACT PROFILE;

CULTURAL CHARACTERISTICS; HUMANS; LANGUAGE; LINGUISTICS; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SICKNESS IMPACT PROFILE; TRANSLATIONS;

EID: 33747094383     PISSN: 03092402     EISSN: 13652648     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2648.2006.03952_2.x     Document Type: Note

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