Quality of Life after Radiation Therapy for Base of Tongue Cancer

ONCOLOGY

Volumn 10, Issue 11, 1996, Pages 1643-1648

  Moore, Giselle J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; HUMAN; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITY OF LIFE; REVIEW; TONGUE TUMOR;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; HUMANS; QUALITY OF LIFE; TONGUE NEOPLASMS;

EID: 0030280704     PISSN: 08909091     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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