Health related quality of life of Dutch children: psychometric properties of the PedsQL in the Netherlands.

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Published in BMC Pediatr on November 03, 2009

Authors

Vivian Engelen1, Marleen M Haentjens, Symone B Detmar, Hendrik M Koopman, Martha A Grootenhuis

Author Affiliations

1: Psychosocial Department, Academic Medical Centre/Emma Children's Hospital, and Department of Education, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands. v.engelen@amc.uva.nl

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