Quality of life measurement for children with life-threatening conditions: Limitations and a new framework

Child Indicators Research

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 145-160

  Huang, I Chan ^a   Wen, Pey Shan ^a   Revicki, Dennis A ^b   Shenkman, Elizabeth A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b UNITED BIOSOURCE CORPORATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Life threatening conditions; Psychometrics; Quality of life

Indexed keywords

EID: 79960841388     PISSN: 1874897X     EISSN: 18748988     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12187-010-9079-x     Document Type: Article

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