The health-related quality of life of the health professionals working in the primary healthcare centers and its correlation with selected sociodemographic factors in Sivas, a central Anatolian city

Scientific Research and Essays

Volumn 4, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 1547-1552

  Guler, Nuran ^a   Kuzu, Firdevis ^b  

^a CUMHURIYET UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b Sivas Health Center   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Health professionals; Health related quality of life; Health technicians; Midwifery; Nursing; Physicians

Indexed keywords

EID: 72849135844     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19922248     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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