Can quality or quality-of-life be defined?

Quality of Life Research

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 625-631

  Barofsky, Ivan ^a  

^a The Quality of Life Institute   (United States)

Author keywords

Health related quality of life; Quality; Quality of life

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; MALE; NOMENCLATURE; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE;

FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; MALE; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; TERMINOLOGY AS TOPIC;

EID: 84863622352     PISSN: 09629343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11136-011-9961-0     Document Type: Review

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