Adaptation of the Manchester-Minneapolis Quality of Life instrument for use in the UK population

Archives of Disease in Childhood

Volumn 92, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 855-860

  Hutchings, H A ^a,b   Upton, P ^c   Cheung, W Y ^b   Maddocks, A ^d   Eiser, C ^c   Williams, J G ^b   Russell, I T ^e   Jackson, S ^f   Jenney, M E M ^g  

^a SWANSEA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WALES   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^d ABERTAWE BRO MORGANNWG UNIVERSITY HEALTH BOARD   (United Kingdom)

^e BANGOR UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^f UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^g CARDIFF AND VALE UNIVERSITY HEALTH BOARD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CANCER REGRESSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; EMOTIONALITY; ENTERITIS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; POPULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; QUALITY OF LIFE; SOCIAL STATUS; VALIDATION PROCESS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ASTHMA; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; DIABETES MELLITUS; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; MALE; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 35148828990     PISSN: 00039888     EISSN: 14682044     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/adc.2006.098947     Document Type: Article

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