Comprehensive head and neck oncology health status assessment

Head and Neck

Volumn 25, Issue 7, 2003, Pages 561-575

  Funk, Gerry F ^a   Karnell, Lucy Hynds ^a   Christensen, Alan J ^b   Moran, Patricia J ^b   Ricks, Joan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA HOSPITALS AND CLINICS   (United States)

^b E11 SSH   (United States)

Author keywords

Head and neck cancer; Health status assessment; Health related quality of life

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANCER STAGING; EMPLOYMENT; HEAD AND NECK CANCER; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOMETRY; QUALITY OF LIFE; RESPIRATORY TRACT CANCER; SELF REPORT;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; ADENOCARCINOMA, MUCINOUS; AGED; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EATING; ESTHETICS; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SPEECH INTELLIGIBILITY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0038308731     PISSN: 10433074     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hed.10245     Document Type: Article

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