Impact of divorce on the quality of life in school-age children

Jornal de Pediatria

Volumn 85, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 547-552

  Eymann, Alfredo ^a   Busaniche, Julio ^a   Llera, Julián ^a   De Cunto, Carmen ^b   Wahren, Carlos ^a  

^a HOSPITAL ITALIANO DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

^b HIBA   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Argentina; Child; Child health questionnaire; Family relations; Health status; Health related quality of life

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; COMMUNITY HOSPITAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DIVORCE; EDUCATION; FAMILY; FATHER; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MATERNAL AGE; MOTHER; MULTIPLE LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; PARENT; PEDIATRIC HOSPITAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCORING SYSTEM; SEX; TIME; UNIVARIATE ANALYSIS; UNIVERSITY;

CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIVORCE; EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; MALE; PARENT-CHILD RELATIONS; PARENTS; QUALITY OF LIFE; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 74849098603     PISSN: 00217557     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2223/JPED.1958     Document Type: Article

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