Health-related quality of life in children with hepatitis C acquired in the first year of life

Journal of Gastroenterology and Hepatology (Australia)

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 226-230

  Nydegger, Andreas ^a   Srivastava, Anshu ^a   Wake, Melissa ^b,c   Smith, Arnold L ^a   Hardikar, Winita ^a  

^a ROYAL CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^c MURDOCH CHILDREN'S RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Adolescent; Child health questionnaire; Children; Health related quality of life; Hepatitis C

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CHILD; CHILD HEALTH QUESTIONNAIRE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; EMOTION; FAMILY; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICE; HEPATITIS C; HISTORY OF MEDICINE; HUMAN; MALE; PARENT; PERCEPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RATING SCALE; SCORING SYSTEM; SELF REPORT; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; VERTICAL TRANSMISSION;

EID: 39149140338     PISSN: 08159319     EISSN: 14401746     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1746.2007.04859.x     Document Type: Article

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