Health related quality of life of Dutch children: Psychometric properties of the PedsQL in the Netherlands

BMC Pediatrics

Volumn 9, Issue , 2009, Pages 68-

  Engelen, Vivian ^a   Haentjens, Marleen M ^b   Detmar, Symone B ^c   Koopman, Hendrik M ^d   Grootenhuis, Martha A ^a  

^a EMMA CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^c TNO   (Netherlands)

^d LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONSTRUCT VALIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; EDUCATION; EFFECT SIZE; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; GENDER; HUMAN; INTERNAL CONSISTENCY; MALE; NETHERLANDS; PEDIATRICS; PSYCHOMETRY; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RELIABILITY;

EID: 70749096678     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712431     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2431-9-68     Document Type: Article

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