Skin Cancer and Quality of Life: Assessment with the Dermatology Life Quality Index

Dermatologic Surgery

Volumn 30, Issue 4 I, 2004, Pages 525-529

  Rhee, John S ^a   Matthews, B Alex ^a   Neuburg, Marcy ^a   Smith, Timothy L ^a   Burzynski, Mary ^a   Nattinger, Ann B ^a  

^a MEDICAL COLLEGE OF WISCONSIN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER SURGERY; CLOTHING; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRURITUS; QUALITY OF LIFE; SKIN CANCER; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; VALIDATION PROCESS;

AGED; CARCINOMA, BASAL CELL; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; FEMALE; HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOHS SURGERY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUALITY OF LIFE; SKIN NEOPLASMS;

EID: 1942530861     PISSN: 10760512     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1524-4725.2004.30169.x     Document Type: Article

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