Impact of Individual and Organizational Variables on Quality of Life

Social Indicators Research

Volumn 125, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 649-664

  Gómez, Laura E ^a   Peña, Elsa ^a   Arias, Benito ^b   Verdugo, Miguel A ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OVIEDO   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VALLADOLID   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SALAMANCA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Elderly; Intellectual disability; Mental health; Multilevel; Physical disability; Substance abuse

Indexed keywords

DISABILITY; ELDERLY CARE; MENTAL HEALTH; QUALITY OF LIFE;

EID: 84953350772     PISSN: 03038300     EISSN: 15730921     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11205-014-0857-6     Document Type: Article

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