A structured review of quality of life instruments for head and neck cancer patients

Head and Neck

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 201-213

  Ringash, Jolie ^a   Bezjak, Andrea ^b  

^a PRINCESS MARGARET HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY HEALTH NETWORK   (Canada)

Author keywords

Otorhinolaryngologic neoplasms; Psychometrics; Quality of life; Questionnaires; Reproducibility of results

Indexed keywords

ADVANCED CANCER; ARTICLE; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; HEAD AND NECK CANCER; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOMETRY; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; REPRODUCIBILITY;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; FEMALE; HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; MALE; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; PROGNOSIS; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SICK ROLE;

EID: 0035120275     PISSN: 10433074     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/1097-0347(200103)23:3<201::AID-HED1019>3.0.CO;2-M     Document Type: Article

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