The relative importance of health

Social Indicators Research

Volumn 87, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 127-137

  Hsieh, Chang Ming ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Domain importance; Health related quality of life; Importance ranking; Importance rating; Life satisfaction; Quality of life

Indexed keywords

HEALTH STATUS; QUALITY OF LIFE; RANKING; SOCIAL INDICATOR;

EID: 57749122776     PISSN: 03038300     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11205-007-9162-y     Document Type: Article

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