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Reliability, validity and acceptability of the WHOQOL-Bref in a sample of Italian psychiatric outpatients

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  18 May 2011

Bernardo Carpiniello ,
Martina Pinna ,
Mauro G. Carta  and
M. Germana Orrù
Bernardo Carpiniello
Affiliation:
Department of Public Health, Section of Psychiatry, University of Cagliari, Via Liguria 13, 09127 Cagliari (Italy), Fax: +39-070-496295 E-mail: bcarpini@iol.it; mgcarta@tiscalinet.it
Martina Pinna
Affiliation:
Department of Public Health, Section of Psychiatry, University of Cagliari, Via Liguria 13, 09127 Cagliari (Italy), Fax: +39-070-496295 E-mail: bcarpini@iol.it; mgcarta@tiscalinet.it
Mauro G. Carta
Affiliation:
Department of Public Health, Section of Psychiatry, University of Cagliari, Via Liguria 13, 09127 Cagliari (Italy), Fax: +39-070-496295 E-mail: bcarpini@iol.it; mgcarta@tiscalinet.it
M. Germana Orrù
Affiliation:
Department of Public Health, Section of Psychiatry, University of Cagliari, Via Liguria 13, 09127 Cagliari (Italy), Fax: +39-070-496295 E-mail: bcarpini@iol.it; mgcarta@tiscalinet.it
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Epidemiology and Psychiatric Sciences , Volume 15 , Issue 3 , September 2006 , pp. 228 - 232
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