Assessment of quality of life as observed from the baseline data of the Studies of Left Ventricular Dysfunction (SOLVD) trial quality-of-life substudy

The American Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 71, Issue 12, 1993, Pages 1069-1073

  Gorkin, Larry ^a   Norvell, Nancy K ^a   Rosen, Raymond C ^a   Charles, Ed ^a   Shumaker, Sally A ^a   McIntyre, Kevin M ^a   Capone, Robert J ^a   Kostis, John ^a   Niaura, Raymond ^a   Woods, Patricia ^a   Hosking, James ^a   Garces, Carlos ^a   Handberg, Eileen ^a   Ahern, David K ^a   Follick, Michael J ^a   The SOLVD Investigators, ^a  

^a Institute for Behavioral Medicine   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COGNITION; FEMALE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FAILURE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; RELIABILITY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SURVIVAL RATE;

ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; COGNITION; EMOTIONS; FEMALE; HEART FAILURE, CONGESTIVE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGE; QUALITY OF LIFE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, P.H.S.; WALKING;

EID: 0027278738     PISSN: 00029149     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0002-9149(93)90575-W     Document Type: Article

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