The relationship between length of stay and health-related quality of life in patients treated by primary surgery for oral and oropharyngeal cancer

International Journal of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 209-215

  Rogers, Simon N ^a   Lowe, D ^b   Brown, J S ^a   Vaughan, E D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL AINTREE   (United Kingdom)

^b Medical Statistician   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cancer; Complications; Head and neck; Length of stay; Quality of life

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONVALESCENCE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MOUTH TUMOR; ORAL SURGERY; OROPHARYNX TUMOR; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOUTH NEOPLASMS; ORAL SURGICAL PROCEDURES; OROPHARYNGEAL NEOPLASMS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0035379941     PISSN: 09015027     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1054/ijom.2001.0040     Document Type: Article

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