Assessing perceived quality of life in children and youth

The Clinical Assessment of Children and Adolescents: A Practitioner's Handbook

Volumn , Issue , 2014, Pages 347-363

  Huebner, E Scott ^a   Gilman, Rich ^b   Suido, Shannon M ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

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