Quality-of-life measurement in advanced cancer: Assessing the individual

Journal of Clinical Oncology

Volumn 17, Issue 11, 1999, Pages 3603-3611

  Waldron, Dympna ^a   O'Boyle, Ciaran A ^a   Kearney, Michael ^a   Moriarty, Michael ^a   Carney, Desmond ^a  

^a ST LUKE S HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ADVANCED CANCER; AGED; ARTICLE; FAMILY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOMETRY; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 0032754338     PISSN: 0732183X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1200/JCO.1999.17.11.3603     Document Type: Article

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