L'osservatorio sulla qualità della vita

Giornale Italiano di Cardiologia

Volumn 26, Issue 7, 1996, Pages 689-697

  Majani, Giuseppina ^a  

^a IRCCS   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; HUMAN; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHILOSOPHY; QUALITY OF LIFE;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; HEART FAILURE, CONGESTIVE; HUMANS; PHILOSOPHY, MEDICAL; QUALITY OF LIFE;

EID: 0030157650     PISSN: 00465968     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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