The effect of paediatric syncope on health-related quality of life

Cardiology in the Young

Volumn 22, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 583-588

  Anderson, Jeffrey B ^a   Czosek, Richard J ^a   Knilans, Timothy K ^a   Marino, Bradley S ^a  

^a CINCINNATI CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Paediatric; quality of life; syncope

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CHILD; CHILD HEALTH; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EMOTIONALITY; FEMALE; HEART DISEASE; HUMAN; KIDNEY FAILURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBESITY; PHYSICAL PERFORMANCE; QUALITY OF LIFE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCHOOL CHILD; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL INTERACTION; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SYNCOPE;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; MALE; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SYNCOPE; TIME FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84866356319     PISSN: 10479511     EISSN: 14671107     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1047951112000133     Document Type: Article

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