Assessing health-related quality of life: Is it important when evaluating the effectiveness of cardiac rehabilitation?

Journal of Cardiopulmonary Rehabilitation

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 26-28

  Oldridge, N ^a,b  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Center for Urban Population Health   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; EDITORIAL; EXERCISE; HEALTH SURVEY; HEART REHABILITATION; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MEDLINE; QUALITY OF LIFE; SECONDARY PREVENTION;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS; CORONARY DISEASE; EVALUATION STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; PROGNOSIS; QUALITY OF LIFE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0037258266     PISSN: 08839212     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00008483-200301000-00006     Document Type: Editorial

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