Measuring subjective quality of life: A survey to Porto's residents

Applied Research in Quality of Life

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 51-64

  Santos, Luis Delfim ^a   Martins, Isabel ^b   Brito, Paula ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

^b Porto City Council   (Portugal)

Author keywords

City of Porto; Multivariate analysis; Subjective quality of life

Indexed keywords

EID: 34548544372     PISSN: 18712584     EISSN: 18712576     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11482-007-9029-z     Document Type: Article

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