Factors influencing health-related quality of life of thalassaemic Jordanian children

Child: Care, Health and Development

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 211-218

  Gharaibeh, H F ^a   Gharaibeh, M K ^a  

^a JORDAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Jordan)

Author keywords

Children; Health related quality of life; Jordan; Thalassaemia

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HANDICAPPED CHILD; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; JORDAN; MALE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITY OF LIFE; THALASSEMIA;

ADOLESCENT; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DISABLED CHILDREN; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HUMANS; JORDAN; MALE; QUALITY OF LIFE; THALASSEMIA;

EID: 84856554907     PISSN: 03051862     EISSN: 13652214     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2214.2011.01224.x     Document Type: Article

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