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Websites
- Cambridge Dictionaries Online hthil/clictionaryCarthriClge.Org (Accessed July 2004)
- Merriam-Webster. Online Dictionary www.mw.com/cgi-bin/dictonary, 2004 (Accessed July 2004)
- The Australian Centre on Quality of Life contains a bibliography of over 12,000 references, a brief description of over 800 measurement instruments, and other information http://acqol.deakin.edu.au/instruments/ index.htm (Accessed July 2004)