Adolescents' perceptions of quality of life: What it is and what matters

Journal of Clinical Nursing

Volumn 19, Issue 9-10, 2010, Pages 1454-1461

  Helseth, Sølvi ^a   Misvær, Nina ^a  

^a OSLO METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (Norway)

Author keywords

Adolescents; Friends; Peer relations; Psychosocial health; Quality of life

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; HUMAN; PERCEPTION; QUALITY OF LIFE;

ADOLESCENT; HUMANS; QUALITY OF LIFE; SOCIAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 77955888831     PISSN: 09621067     EISSN: 13652702     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2702.2009.03069.x     Document Type: Article

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