Predictors of general quality of life in patients with benign prostate hyperplasia or prostate cancer

Journal of Urology

Volumn 157, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 534-538

  Krongrad, Arnon ^a   Granville, Lisa J ^b   Burke, Michael A ^b   Golden, Richard M ^b   Lai, Shenghan ^b   Cho, Luke ^b   Niederberger, Craig S ^b  

^a VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

prostatic hypertrophy; prostatic neoplasms; quality of life

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL NEURAL NETWORK; COPING BEHAVIOR; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DATA ANALYSIS; EMOTIONAL STABILITY; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE CANCER; PROSTATE HYPERTROPHY; QUALITY OF LIFE; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

EID: 0031030461     PISSN: 00225347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-5347(01)65195-4     Document Type: Article

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