Health-related quality of life and clinical function after primary surgery for oral cancer

British Journal of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 11-18

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

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL AINTREE   (United Kingdom)

^b Medical Statistician   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FREE TISSUE GRAFT; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; FUNCTIONAL DISEASE; HUMAN; LASER SURGERY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOUTH CANCER; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCORING SYSTEM; SPLIT THICKNESS SKIN GRAFT; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUMOR VOLUME;

EID: 0036196186     PISSN: 02664356     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1054/bjom.2001.0706     Document Type: Article

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