The quality of life for Hong Kong dialysis patients

Journal of Advanced Nursing

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 218-227

  Suet Ching, Weety Luk ^a  

^a HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Dialysis; Hong Kong Chinese; Quality of life

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADULT; AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; FAMILY; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HONG KONG; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITY OF LIFE; RENAL REPLACEMENT THERAPY; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOCIOECONOMICS;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; CULTURE; FAMILY; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HONG KONG; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUALITY OF LIFE; RENAL DIALYSIS; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 0035407274     PISSN: 03092402     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2648.2001.01839.x     Document Type: Article

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