Qualities of life, educational level and human development: An international investigation of health

Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology

Volumn 45, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 999-1009

  Skevington, Suzanne M ^a  

^a University of Bath   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Culture; Education; Mental health; Quality of life; WHOQOL Bref

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; CULTURAL FACTOR; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; HUMAN DEVELOPMENT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; STATISTICS; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

ADULT; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; CULTURE; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMAN DEVELOPMENT; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 77957193133     PISSN: 09337954     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00127-009-0138-x     Document Type: Article

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