The performance of the world health organization's WHOQOL-BREF in assessing the quality of life of Thai college students

Social Indicators Research

Volumn 90, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 489-501

  Li, Kaigang ^a   Kay, Noy S ^a   Nokkaew, Nattiporn ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Quality of life (QoL); Thai college students; WHOQOL BREF

Indexed keywords

PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE SURVEY; STUDENT; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

ASIA; EURASIA; SOUTHEAST ASIA; THAILAND;

EID: 56749109701     PISSN: 03038300     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11205-008-9272-1     Document Type: Article

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