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International Review of Psychiatry Volume 14, 2002 - Issue 3: The quality of life construct in psychiatry - the state of the art
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Subjective quality of life: it's association with other constructs

Walid K. H. Fakhoury Unit for Social and Community Psychiatry, Barts and the London School of Medicine, Queen Mary, University of London, UK
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Stefan Priebe Unit for Social and Community Psychiatry, Barts and the London School of Medicine, Queen Mary, University of London, UK
Pages 219-224 | Published online: 11 Jul 2009

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