Health-related quality of life in portuguese children and adolescents

Psicologia: Reflexao e Critica

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 230-237

  de Matos, Margarida Gaspar ^a   Gaspar, Tania ^b   Simões, Celeste ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LISBON   (Portugal)

^b Universidade Lusada de Lisboa   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Assessment; Children and adolescents; Health related quality of life

Indexed keywords

EID: 84864851310     PISSN: 01027972     EISSN: 16787153     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0102-79722012000200004     Document Type: Article

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