Health-related quality of life in patients served by the department of veterans affairs: Results from the health study

Archives of Internal Medicine

Volumn 158, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 626-632

  Kazis, Lewis E ^a,b,d   Miller, Donald R ^a,b   Clark, Jack ^a   Skinner, Katherine ^a,b   Lee, Austin ^a   Rogers, William ^c   Spiro III, Avron ^d   Payne, Susan ^b   Fincke, Graeme ^a   Selim, Alfredo ^a   Linzer, Mark ^c  

^a Outcomes   (United States)

^b BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c TUFTS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; AMBULATORY CARE; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; COMORBIDITY; DISABILITY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; SOLDIER;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COMORBIDITY; DISABLED PERSONS; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUALITY OF LIFE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; UNITED STATES; UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS;

EID: 15644365564     PISSN: 00039926     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archinte.158.6.626     Document Type: Article

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