Health-related quality-of-life measures for long-term follow-up in children after major trauma

Quality of Life Research

Volumn 17, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 701-713

  Janssens, Loes ^a   Gorter, Jan Willem ^a,b   Ketelaar, Marjolijn ^a   Kramer, William L M ^a   Holtslag, Herman R ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Children; Disability and health; Health related quality of life; International classification of functioning; Long term; Major trauma

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD HEALTH; CHILDHOOD INJURY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA BASE; EMBASE; FOLLOW UP; FUNCTIONAL STATUS; HUMAN; INFANT; INTERNATIONAL CLASSIFICATION OF FUNCTIONING, DISABILITY AND HEALTH; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDLINE; NEWBORN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; TEST RETEST RELIABILITY; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; QUALITY OF LIFE; TRAUMA SEVERITY INDICES; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 49949152260     PISSN: 09629343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11136-008-9339-0     Document Type: Article

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