Ambulatory Pediatrics
Volume 4, Issue 4 , Pages 358-364 , July 2004

Validating Measures of Pediatric Health Status, Functional Status, and Health-Related Quality of Life: Key Methodological Challenges and Strategies

  • Dennis Drotar, PhD

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    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress correspondence to Dennis Drotar, PhD, Department of Pediatrics, Rainbow Babies and Children's Hospital, 11100 Euclid Avenue, Cleveland, OH 44106

Received 9 July 2003 ,Accepted 12 December 2003.

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PII: S1530-1567(05)60325-5

doi: 10.1367/A03-101R.1

Ambulatory Pediatrics
Volume 4, Issue 4 , Pages 358-364 , July 2004

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