Development and validation of the chinese version of the multicultural quality of life index (MQLI-Ch)

Culture, Medicine and Psychiatry

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 123-134

  Liu, Jason S ^a   Mezzich, Juan E ^b   Zapata Vega, Maria I ^a   Ruiperez, Maria A ^c   Yoon, Gihyun ^d  

^a ELMHURST HOSPITAL CENTER   (United States)

^b MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITAT JAUME I   (Spain)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Chinese; Culture; Quality of life; Scales; Validation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASIAN AMERICAN; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; CULTURAL FACTOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; LANGUAGE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOMETRY; QUALITY OF LIFE; REPRODUCIBILITY; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

ACCULTURATION; ADULT; AGED; ASIAN AMERICANS; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; CULTURE; FEMALE; HUMANS; LANGUAGE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEW YORK CITY; PSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUALITY OF LIFE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 40149091803     PISSN: 0165005X     EISSN: 1573076X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11013-007-9076-9     Document Type: Article

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