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Pediatric Quality of Life Inventory (PedsQL)

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Marsac, M.L., Alderfer, M.A. (2017). Pediatric Quality of Life Inventory (PedsQL). In: Gellman, M., Turner, J. (eds) Encyclopedia of Behavioral Medicine. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-6439-6_974-2

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