Health-related quality of life of "left-behind children": A cross-sectional survey in rural China

Quality of Life Research

Volumn 19, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 775-780

  Jia, Zhaobao ^a   Shi, Lizheng ^b   Cao, Yang ^a   Delancey, James ^b   Tian, Wenhua ^a  

^a SECOND MILITARY MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b TULANE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

China; Left behind children; Quality of life

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHILD; CHINA; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; CUSTODY; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; LIFE EVENT; MALE; MIGRATION; PREVALENCE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RURAL POPULATION; SEPARATION ANXIETY; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS;

ADOLESCENT; ANXIETY, SEPARATION; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; CHINA; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HUMANS; LEGAL GUARDIANS; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; MALE; PREVALENCE; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RURAL POPULATION; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TRANSIENTS AND MIGRANTS;

EID: 77957568239     PISSN: 09629343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11136-010-9638-0     Document Type: Article

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