Assessment of quality of life in Turkish patients with cancer

Turkish Journal of Cancer

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 96-101

  Pinar, Rukiye ^a   Salepci, Taflan ^b   Afşar, Füsun ^a  

^a MARMARA UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b Dr Lutfi Kirdar Education and Research Hospital   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Cancer patients; MQOLS CA2; Quality of life

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER; DATA ANALYSIS; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE DURATION; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METASTASIS; MULTIDIMENSIONAL QUALITY OF LIFE SCALE CANCER 2; OUTPATIENT; QUALITY OF LIFE; RATING SCALE; SOCIAL ASPECT; TURKEY (REPUBLIC);

EID: 0042865747     PISSN: 10193103     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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