A novel, short, and simple questionnaire to measure health-related quality of life in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 159, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 1874-1878

  Hajiro, Takashi ^a,b   Nishimura, Koichi ^a,b   Jones, Paul W ^a,b   Tsukino, Mitsuhiro ^a,b   Ikeda, Akihiko ^a,b   Koyama, Hiroshi ^a,b   Izumi, Takateru ^a,b  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b ST GEORGE'S UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; DEPRESSION; DYSPNEA; EXERCISE TEST; FEMALE; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; LUNG FUNCTION TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

EID: 0033033683     PISSN: 1073449X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1164/ajrccm.159.6.9807097     Document Type: Article

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