Quality of life in patients before and after kidney transplantation

Psychology and Health

Volumn 14, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 1037-1049

  Franke, Gabriele Helga ^a   Heemann, Uwe ^a   Kohnle, Mathias ^a   Luetkes, Peter ^a   Maehner, Nicole ^a   Reimer, Jens ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DUISBURG ESSEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

End stage renal disease; Psychometric approach; Quality of life; Transplantation

Indexed keywords

EID: 0346364530     PISSN: 08870446     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08870440008407365     Document Type: Article

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