Factors related to quality of life and functional status in 50 patients with head and neck cancer

Laryngoscope

Volumn 106, Issue 9, 1996, Pages 1084-1088

  Long, Steven A ^a   D'Antonio, Linda L ^a,b   Robinson, Ernest B ^a   Zimmerman, Grenith ^b   Petti, George ^a   Chonkich, George ^a  

^a LOMA LINDA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b LOMA LINDA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HEAD AND NECK CANCER; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITY OF LIFE; SOCIAL STATUS;

EID: 0029809052     PISSN: 0023852X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00005537-199609000-00008     Document Type: Article

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