Health-related quality of life in Canadian adolescents and young adults: Normative data using the SF-36

Canadian Journal of Public Health

Volumn 100, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 449-452

  Hopman, Wilma M ^a,b   Berger, Claudie ^c   Joseph, Lawrence ^c   Towheed, Tanveer ^b   Prior, Jerilynn C ^d   Anastassiades, Tassos ^b   Poliquin, Suzette ^c   Zhou, Wei ^c   Adachi, Jonathan D ^e   Hanley, David A ^f   Papadimitropoulos, Emmanuel A ^g,h   Tenenhouse, Alan ^c  

^a KINGSTON GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^e MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^f UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^g ELI LILLY AND COMPANY   (United States)

^h UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Adolescents; Age; CaMos; Normative; SF 36; Youth; gender

Indexed keywords

EID: 77950177486     PISSN: 00084263     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/bf03404342     Document Type: Article

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