Health-related Quality of Life of Adults with Upper Respiratory Tract Infections

Journal of General Internal Medicine

Volumn 18, Issue 10, 2003, Pages 802-807

  Linder, Jeffrey A ^a,c   Singer, Daniel E ^b,c  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Common cold; Health status; Quality of life; Respiratory infections

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; BRONCHITIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OTITIS MEDIA; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; PHARYNGITIS; POPULATION; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUALITY OF LIFE; REVIEW; SCALE UP; SCORING SYSTEM; SINUSITIS; STREPTOCOCCUS INFECTION; SYMPTOM; UNITED STATES; UPPER RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; VIRUS INFECTION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; COMORBIDITY; DATA COLLECTION; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INSURANCE, HEALTH; MALE; MASSACHUSETTS; MIDDLE AGED; OSTEOARTHRITIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUALITY OF LIFE; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTIONS;

EID: 0142024983     PISSN: 08848734     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1525-1497.2003.21246.x     Document Type: Review

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