Quality of life research methodology;Metoder i livskvalitetsforskning

Ugeskrift for Laeger

Volumn 170, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 825-829

  Grønvold, Mogens ^a,b  

^a BISPEBJERG HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEALTH; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; PSYCHOMETRY; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; REPRODUCIBILITY; RESEARCH; REVIEW; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STANDARD;

HEALTH; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RESEARCH; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 41249088350     PISSN: 00415782     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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