Health-related quality of life: A population based study from Slovenia

Central European Journal of Public Health

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 7-12

  Klemenc Ketiš, Zalika ^a,b   Smogavec, Mateja ^a   Softič, Nina ^a   Kersnik, Janko ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARIBOR   (Slovenia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LJUBLJANA   (Slovenia)

Author keywords

Chronic diseases; Cross sectional survey; Health care utilization; Primary care; Quality of life

Indexed keywords

EID: 79954456148     PISSN: 12107778     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.21101/cejph.a3636     Document Type: Article

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