Comparison of the Quality of Well-being Scale and the SF-36 results among two samples of ill adults: AIDS and other illnesses

Journal of Clinical Epidemiology

Volumn 51, Issue 9, 1998, Pages 755-762

  Anderson, John P ^a   Kaplan, Robert M ^a   Coons, Stephen Joel ^b   Schneiderman, Lawrence J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

AIDS; Cancer; Combined index of morbidity and mortality; Morbidity; Mortality; Quality of life

Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER; CHRONIC DISEASE; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE;

ACQUIRED IMMUNODEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CALIFORNIA; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 0032170612     PISSN: 08954356     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0895-4356(98)00046-8     Document Type: Article

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