A questionnaire for rating health-related quality of life
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Slobodan M. Janković, Nataša Bogavac-Stanojević, Iva Mikulić, Sebija Izetbegović, Ivana Iličković, Dušanka Krajnović, Enra Suljic Mehmedika, Refet Gojak, Admir Mehičević, Belma Gazibera, Nevena Mahmutbegović, Milorad Stojadinović, Nikola Janković, Sanja K. Miljković, Slađana Popović, Bojan Blidarević, Snežana Mugoša and Zorana Đorđević
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Language: English
Page range: 260 - 268
Submitted on: Mar 17, 2021
Accepted on: Jul 26, 2021
Published on: Oct 20, 2021
Published by: National Institute of Public Health, Slovenia
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
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© 2021 Slobodan M. Janković, Nataša Bogavac-Stanojević, Iva Mikulić, Sebija Izetbegović, Ivana Iličković, Dušanka Krajnović, Enra Suljic Mehmedika, Refet Gojak, Admir Mehičević, Belma Gazibera, Nevena Mahmutbegović, Milorad Stojadinović, Nikola Janković, Sanja K. Miljković, Slađana Popović, Bojan Blidarević, Snežana Mugoša, Zorana Đorđević, published by National Institute of Public Health, Slovenia
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