Journal of the Formosan Medical Association
Volume 106, Issue 7 , Pages 592-597 , 2007

Cultural Adaptation of the WHOQOL Questionnaire for Taiwan

  • Grace Yao

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychology, College of Science, National Taiwan University Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorrespondence to: Dr Grace Yao, Department of Psychology, National Taiwan University, No. 1, Section 4, Roosevelt Road, Taipei 106, Taiwan
    • ,
  • Jung-Der Wang

      Affiliations

    • Institute of Occupational Medicine and Industrial Hygiene, College of Public Health, National Taiwan University, Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan
    • Department of Internal Medicine, National Taiwan University Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan
    • ,
  • Chih-Wen Chung

      Affiliations

    • Institute of Occupational Medicine and Industrial Hygiene, College of Public Health, National Taiwan University, Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan

Received 24 April 2006 ,Revised 28 December 2006 ,Accepted 6 February 2007.

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PII: S0929-6646(07)60012-6

doi: 10.1016/S0929-6646(07)60012-6

Journal of the Formosan Medical Association
Volume 106, Issue 7 , Pages 592-597 , 2007

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