Quality of life in Taiwanese adults with chronic rhino-sinusitis

Quality of Life Research

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 443-448

  Wang, Pa Chun ^a,b   Tai, Chih Jaan ^b   Lin, Min Shung ^a   Chu, Chia Chen ^c   Liang, Shu Cheng ^c  

^a CATHAY GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b CHINA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c Sec 4 ^*

Author keywords

Chronic rhino sinusitis; Quality of life; Sinus related health status

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHRONIC RHINITIS; CHRONIC SINUSITIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMOTION; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH CENTER; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; OTORHINOLARYNGOLOGY; PAIN; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREDICTION; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; SCORING SYSTEM; SOCIAL STATUS; TAIWAN;

ADULT; CHRONIC DISEASE; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUALITY OF LIFE; RHINITIS; SICKNESS IMPACT PROFILE; SINUSITIS; TAIWAN;

EID: 0038287928     PISSN: 09629343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1023494025748     Document Type: Article

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