Quality-of-life effects of psychosocial intervention in patients with head and neck cancer

Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery

Volumn 120, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 507-516

  Hammerlid, Eva ^a   Persson, Lars Olof ^b   Sullivan, Marianne ^a   Westin, Thomas ^a  

^a SAHLGRENSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER STAGING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; GROUP THERAPY; HEAD AND NECK CANCER; HUMAN; MALE; PSYCHOTHERAPY; QUALITY OF LIFE;

EID: 0032918608     PISSN: 01945998     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/hn.1999.v120.a90352     Document Type: Article

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