Predictors of quality of life in patients at one year after heart transplantation

Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 202-210

  Grady, Kathleen L ^a   Jalowiec, Anne ^b   White Williams, Connie ^c  

^a RUSH UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b LOYOLA UNIVERSITY CHICAGO   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COPING BEHAVIOR; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HUMAN; LIFE SATISFACTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; STRESS;

ADULT; AGED; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERSONAL SATISFACTION; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 0032896131     PISSN: 10532498     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1053-2498(98)00048-5     Document Type: Article

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