Analysis of the performance characteristics of the University of Washington Quality of Life instrument and its modification (UW-QOL-R)

Archives of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery

Volumn 127, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 489-493

  Weymuller Jr , Ernest A ^a   Alsarraf, Ramsey ^a   Yueh, Bevan ^a   Deleyiannis, Frederic W B ^a   Coltrera, Marc D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COST; HEAD AND NECK CANCER; HUMAN; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; UNITED STATES; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

EID: 0342961070     PISSN: 08864470     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archotol.127.5.489     Document Type: Article

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