Health-related quality of life in Austrian elementary school children

Medical Care

Volumn 46, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 432-439

  Felder Puig, Rosemarie ^a   Baumgartner, Michaela ^a   Topf, Reinhard ^a,c   Gadner, Helmut ^a   Formann, Anton K ^b  

^a St Anna Children's Hospital

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^c ST ANNA CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Austria)

Author keywords

Health related quality of life; Pediatric quality of life inventory (PedsQL ); School children

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUSTRIA; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; PARENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITY OF LIFE; SOCIOECONOMICS;

AUSTRIA; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; PARENTS; QUALITY OF LIFE; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 41149121487     PISSN: 00257079     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MLR.0b013e3181648e95     Document Type: Article

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