Ensuring the quality of quality of life data: The Southwest Oncology Group experience

Statistics in Medicine

Volumn 17, Issue 5-7, 1998, Pages 641-651

  Moinpour, Carol M ^a   Lovato, Laura C ^a  

^a Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center   (United States)

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Indexed keywords

ADVANCED CANCER; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER RESEARCH; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONFERENCE PAPER; HUMAN; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; QUALITY CONTROL; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 2642610287     PISSN: 02776715     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1097-0258(19980315/15)17:5/7<641::aid-sim811>3.0.co;2-w     Document Type: Conference Paper

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