Health-related quality of life in rural children living in four European countries: The GABRIEL study

International Journal of Public Health

Volumn 58, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 355-366

  Stöcklin, Laura ^a,b   Loss, Georg ^a,b   Von Mutius, Erika ^c   Weber, Juliane ^c   Genuneit, Jon ^d   Horak, Elisabeth ^e   Sozanska, Barbara ^f   Danielewicz, Hanna ^f   Cullinan, Paul ^g   Heederick, Dick ^h   Braun Fahrländer, Charlotte ^a,b  

^a SWISS TROPICAL AND PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

^c LUDWIG MAXIMILIANS UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ULM   (Germany)

^e Division of Cardiology and Pulmonology The Department of Pediatrics and Adolescents   (Austria)

^f WROCLAW MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

^g NATIONAL HEART AND LUNG INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^h UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Allergic diseases; Common childhood diseases; GABRIEL study; Health related quality of life; KINDL R questionnaire; Rural population

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; AUSTRIA; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; GERMANY; HEALTH; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MALE; POLAND; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RURAL POPULATION; STANDARD; SWITZERLAND;

ADOLESCENT; AUSTRIA; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; GERMANY; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; POLAND; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RURAL HEALTH; RURAL POPULATION; SWITZERLAND;

EID: 84878727287     PISSN: 16618556     EISSN: 1420911X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00038-012-0410-9     Document Type: Article

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