Children's perceptions about their health-related quality of life: Effects of a health education-social skills program

Health Education Research

Volumn 27, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 780-793

  Karasimopoulou, Smaragda ^a   Derri, Vassiliki ^a   Zervoudaki, Eleni ^a  

^a DEMOCRITUS UNIVERSITY OF THRACE   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHILD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EVALUATION; FEMALE; GREECE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; MALE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

CHILD; FEMALE; GREECE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 84866412923     PISSN: 02681153     EISSN: 14653648     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/her/cys089     Document Type: Article

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