Quality of life assessment in patients undergoing head and neck surgery as evaluated by lay caregivers

Laryngoscope

Volumn 109, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 42-46

  Deschler, Daniel G ^a   Walsh, Kathleen A ^a   Friedman, Stephanie ^a   Hayden, Richard E ^a  

^a DREXEL UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CAREGIVER; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; HEAD AND NECK SURGERY; HUMAN; MALE; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SURGICAL PATIENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CAREGIVERS; FEMALE; HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PILOT PROJECTS; QUALITY OF LIFE;

EID: 0032929117     PISSN: 0023852X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00005537-199901000-00009     Document Type: Article

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