Patient's response using freetext in the University of Washington Quality of Life Scale

Head and Neck

Volumn 25, Issue 12, 2003, Pages 1042-1050

  Millsopp, Lynne ^a   Humphris, Gerry ^b   Lowe, Derek ^c   Rogers, Simon Neave ^a  

^a LIVERPOOL UNIVERSITY DENTAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^c Aintree Trust ^*

Author keywords

Freetext; Health related quality of life; Oral cancer; Oropharyngeal cancer; University of Washington Quality of Life Scale

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EVALUATION; FEMALE; HEAD AND NECK CARCINOMA; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOUTH CARCINOMA; OROPHARYNX CARCINOMA; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON QUALITY OF LIFE SCALE;

AGED; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; COMMUNICATION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 0344851769     PISSN: 10433074     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hed.10325     Document Type: Article

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