The physical therapy profile questionnaire (PTPQ): Development, validation and pilot testing

BMC Research Notes

Volumn 4, Issue , 2011, Pages

  Dizon, Janine Margarita R ^a,b   Grimmer Somers, Karen ^a   Kumar, Saravana ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b University of Santo Tomas   (Philippines)

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EID: 80052835327     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17560500     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1756-0500-4-362     Document Type: Article

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