Assessment of the RSCL quality of life instrument during chemotherapy in an Italian setting

Quality of Life Research

Volumn 5, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 491-495

  Ravaioli, A ^a,e   Buda, P ^a   Fava, C ^a   Paci, E ^b   Tononi, A ^a   Riva, N ^c   Zanotti, M ^d   Drudi, G ^a  

^a INFERMI HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^b Epidemiology Unit   (Italy)

^c Civil Hospital   (Italy)

^d Civil Hospital   (Italy)

^e Osp Infermi   (Italy)

Author keywords

Advanced cancer patients; Chemotherapy; Quality of life; Rotterdam Symptoms Checklist

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ADVANCED CANCER; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE;

ADULT; AGED; HUMANS; ITALY; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 0029824527     PISSN: 09629343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF00540021     Document Type: Article

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