An improved questionnaire for assessing quality of life after acute myocardial infarction

Quality of Life Research

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 151-161

  Valenti, L ^a   Lim, L ^a,b   Heller, R F ^a   Knapp, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

^b ROYAL NEWCASTLE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Acute myocardial infarction; Quality of life; Self administered questionnaire

Indexed keywords

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE;

FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; NEW SOUTH WALES; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC;

EID: 0029873935     PISSN: 09629343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF00435980     Document Type: Article

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