The process and challenges in the translation of World Health Organization Quality of Life (WHOQOL- BREF) to a regional language; Malayalam

Indian Journal of Psychological Medicine

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 149-152

  Menon, Bindu ^a   Cherkil, Sandhya ^a   Aswathy, S ^a   Unnikrishnan, A ^a   Rajani, G ^a  

^a AMRITA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

Malayalam; Quality of life; World Health Organization Quality of Life BREF

Indexed keywords

EID: 84867350298     PISSN: 02537176     EISSN: 09751564     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0253-7176.101783     Document Type: Article

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