Impact of the most frequent chronic health conditions on the quality of life among people aged >15 years in Madrid.
Background: This study sought to ascertain to what degree health-related quality of life (HRQL) in the City of Madrid was affected by each of the most frequent chronic health conditions, and the specific quality-of-life (QL) domains on which such health conditions had the greatest impact, taking co-...
| Publicado en: | European Journal of Public Health Vol. 20; no. 1; pp. 78 - 85 |
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Oxford University Press / USA
Feb2010
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