Measuring health status and quality of life for US children: Relationship to race, ethnicity, and income status

Ambulatory Pediatrics

Volumn 4, Issue 4 SUPPL., 2004, Pages 377-386

  Olson, Lynn M ^a   Lara, Marielena ^b   Frintner, Mary Pat ^a  

^a AMERICAN ACADEMY OF PEDIATRICS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Cross cultural equivalence; Health status; Quality of life; Race ethnicity; Socioeconomic status; Survey translation

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADOLESCENT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ASTHMA; CHILD; CHILD HEALTH; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; ECONOMIC ASPECT; ETHNOLOGY; HEALTH STATUS; HISPANIC; HUMAN; INCOME; LANGUAGE; MEASUREMENT; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PSYCHOMETRY; QUALITY OF LIFE; RACE; RELIABILITY; REVIEW; SAMPLE SIZE; SCORING SYSTEM; UNITED STATES; VALIDATION PROCESS;

EID: 4344586407     PISSN: 15301567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1367/A03-156.1     Document Type: Article

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