Quality of life assessment in laryngectomized individuals: Do we need additions to standard questionnaires in specific clinical research projects?

Clinical Otolaryngology

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 169-175

  Op De Coul, B M R ^a   Ackerstaff, A H ^b,e   Van As, C J ^b   Van Den Hoogen, F J A ^a   Meeuwis, C A ^c   Manni, J J ^d   Hilgers, F J M ^b  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b ANTONI VAN LEEUWENHOEK HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

^c ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^d MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^e NETHERLANDS CANCER INSTITUTE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL RESEARCH; CLINICAL TRIAL; FEMALE; HUMAN; LARYNGECTOMY; LARYNX DISORDER; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; NETHERLANDS; NOISE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; SPEECH ARTICULATION; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ENVIRONMENT; FEMALE; HUMANS; LARYNGECTOMY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NOISE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; VOICE DISORDERS; VOICE QUALITY;

EID: 17644397389     PISSN: 17494478     EISSN: 17494486     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2273.2004.00932.x     Document Type: Article

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