Medical, Social, and Economic Factors Associated with Health-Related Quality of Life in Canadian Children with Hydrocephalus

Journal of Pediatrics

Volumn 153, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 689-695

  Kulkarni, Abhaya V ^a   Cochrane, D Douglas ^b   McNeely, P Daniel ^c   Shams, Iffat ^a  

^a HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^c DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID SHUNTING; CHILD; FAMILY FUNCTIONING; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMAN; HYDROCEPHALUS; INCOME; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENINGOMYELOCELE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; SEIZURE; SOCIOECONOMICS; STRUCTURED QUESTIONNAIRE; ADOLESCENT; CANADA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PATHOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; QUESTIONNAIRE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

ADOLESCENT; CANADA; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYDROCEPHALUS; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RESEARCH DESIGN; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 55549103714     PISSN: 00223476     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpeds.2008.04.068     Document Type: Article

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