Association of family stressful life-change events and health-related quality of life in fifth-grade children

Archives of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine

Volumn 165, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 354-359

  Coker, Tumaini R ^a,b   Elliott, Marc N ^b   Wallander, Jan L ^c   Cuccaro, Paula ^d   Grunbaum, Jo Anne ^e,f   Corona, Rosalie ^g   Saunders, Ann E ^d   Schuster, Mark A ^b,h,i  

^a MATTEL CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b RAND CORPORATION   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS   (United States)

^f CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^g VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^h BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

ⁱ HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALCOHOLISM; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD HEALTH; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEATH; DIVORCE; FAMILY HEALTH; FAMILY STRESS; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INJURY; LIFE EVENT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PEDIATRIC QUALITY OF LIFE INVENTORY; PEDIATRICS; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; POPULATION BASED CASE CONTROL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOSOCIAL CARE; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUALITY OF LIFE INDEX; SCHOOL CHILD; SOCIAL PROBLEM; STRESSFUL LIFE CHANGE EVENT; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FAMILY; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; MALE; QUALITY OF LIFE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; UNITED STATES; URBAN HEALTH;

EID: 79953786320     PISSN: 10724710     EISSN: 15383628     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archpediatrics.2011.13     Document Type: Article

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