Health-related quality of life after acute lung injury

Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 27, Issue 12, 1999, Pages 2825-2826

  Eisner, Mark D ^a   Matthay, Michael A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Adult; Adult complications; Adult epidemiology; Adult psychology; Health status; Intensive care; Outcome assessment (health care); Quality of life; Respiratory distress syndrome

Indexed keywords

ADULT RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROME; EDITORIAL; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LUNG INJURY; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE;

EID: 0033400732     PISSN: 00903493     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00003246-199912000-00037     Document Type: Editorial

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