Quality of life in Brazil: Normative values for the Whoqol-bref in a southern general population sample

Quality of Life Research

Volumn 20, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 1123-1129

  Cruz, Luciane N ^a   Polanczyk, Carisi A ^a   Camey, Suzi A ^a   Hoffmann, Juliana F ^b   Fleck, Marcelo P ^b  

^a HOSPITAL DE CLÍNICAS DE PORTO ALEGRE   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE DO SUL   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Brazil; Normative data; Quality of life; WHOQOL bref

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAZIL; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOMETRY; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; STANDARD;

ADULT; BRAZIL; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 80052335055     PISSN: 09629343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11136-011-9845-3     Document Type: Article

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