Social Exclusion and Quality of Life: An Empirical Study from Turkey

Social Indicators Research

Volumn 105, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 109-120

  Bayram, Nuran ^a   Bilgel, Firat ^b   Bilgel, Nazan Gonul ^a  

^a ULUDAG UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Quality of life; Social exclusion; WHOQOL BREF

Indexed keywords

EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; PERCEPTION; QUALITY OF LIFE; SOCIAL EXCLUSION; SOCIAL PARTICIPATION; SOCIOECONOMIC INDICATOR; VOLUNTARY APPROACH;

TURKEY;

EID: 82655184777     PISSN: 03038300     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11205-010-9767-4     Document Type: Article

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