Health related quality of life in 10-year-old schoolchildren

Quality of Life Research

Volumn 17, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 1049-1054

  Laaksonen, Camilla ^a   Aromaa, Minna ^b   Heinonen, Olli J ^a   Koivusilta, Leena ^a   Koski, Pasi ^a   Suominen, Sakari ^a   Vahlberg, Tero ^a   Salanterä, Sanna ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

^b Health Care Turku ^*  (Finland)

Author keywords

Child; HRQL; School child; School health

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; EMOTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PARENT; PEDIATRIC QUALITY OF LIFE INVENTORY; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRIMARY SCHOOL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; RATING SCALE; SCHOOL CHILD; SELF REPORT; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL STATUS;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; AGE FACTORS; CHILD; COHORT STUDIES; EMOTIONS; FEMALE; FINLAND; HUMANS; MALE; PILOT PROJECTS; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SCHOOL HEALTH SERVICES; SCHOOLS; SOCIAL PERCEPTION; STUDENTS;

EID: 52449123064     PISSN: 09629343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11136-008-9388-4     Document Type: Article

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