Development and evaluation of a questionnaire for assessing health-related quality of life in dogs with cardiac disease

Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association

Volumn 226, Issue 11, 2005, Pages 1864-1868

  Freeman, Lisa M ^a   Rush, John E ^a   Farabaugh, Andrew E ^a   Must, Aviva ^b  

^a TUFTS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b TUFTS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; ATRIOVENTRICULAR BLOCK; CONGENITAL HEART DISEASE; CONGESTIVE CARDIOMYOPATHY; DIROFILARIA IMMITIS; DISEASE SEVERITY; DOG DISEASE; ENDOCARDIAL DISEASE; EVALUATION; FEMALE; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART DISEASE; HYPERTENSION; MALE; NONHUMAN; PERICARDIAL EFFUSION; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; VETERINARY MEDICINE;

ANIMALS; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; FEMALE; HEART DISEASES; MALE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

ANIMALIA; CANIS FAMILIARIS; DIROFILARIA IMMITIS;

EID: 19744373094     PISSN: 00031488     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2460/javma.2005.226.1864     Document Type: Article

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