Translation and validation of a quality of life questionnaire for chronic lower limb venous insufficiency into greek

International Angiology

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 394-399

  Erevnidou, K ^a,b   Launois, R ^c   Katsamouris, A ^a   Lionis, C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CRETE   (Greece)

^b Health Centre of N Michaniona   (Greece)

^c UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DESCARTES   (France)

Author keywords

General practice; Quality of life; Questionnaires; Venous insufficiency

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHRONIC VEIN INSUFFICIENCY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURAL FACTOR; GENERAL PRACTICE; GREECE; HUMAN; LEG VARICOSIS; MEDICAL RESEARCH; PHYSICIAN; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; REPRODUCIBILITY; TEST RETEST RELIABILITY; VALIDITY; ADULT; AGED; CHRONIC DISEASE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; LANGUAGE; LEG; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PUBLICATION; STANDARD; VALIDATION STUDY; VASCULARIZATION; VEIN INSUFFICIENCY;

ADULT; AGED; CHRONIC DISEASE; FEMALE; GREECE; HUMANS; LANGUAGE; LEG; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; TRANSLATIONS; VENOUS INSUFFICIENCY;

EID: 23044447481     PISSN: 03929590     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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