Multidimensional scaling as a tool for analysing quality of life data

Quality of Life Research

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 223-233

  Kemmler, G ^a   Holzner, B ^a   Kopp, M ^a   Dunser M ^a   Greil, R ^b   Hahn, E ^c   Sperner Unterweger, B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL INNSBRUCK   (Austria)

^b INNSBRUCK MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Austria)

^c Research and Education   (United States)

Author keywords

EORTC QLQ C30; FACT G; Graphics; Multidimensional scaling; Quality of life

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BONE MARROW TRANSPLANTATION; BREAST CANCER; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER THERAPY; CLINICAL RESEARCH; COMPUTER GRAPHICS; DATA ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HODGKIN DISEASE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIMODALITY CANCER THERAPY; ONCOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; RATING SCALE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; HUMANS; MODELS, STATISTICAL; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NEOPLASMS; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUALITY OF LIFE;

EID: 0036111638     PISSN: 09629343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1015207400490     Document Type: Article

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