An assessment of the quality of life in older patients with skin disease

British Journal of Dermatology

Volumn 154, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 150-153

  Shah, M ^a   Coates, M ^a  

^a Dewsbury and District Hospital ^*  (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Elderly; Quality of life; Questionnaires; Skin disease

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTPATIENT; PATIENT REFERRAL; PERCEPTION; PRECANCER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RASH; RATING SCALE; SCORING SYSTEM; SCREENING; SKIN CANCER; SKIN DEFECT; SKIN DISEASE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SKIN DISEASES; SKIN NEOPLASMS;

EID: 33644930873     PISSN: 00070963     EISSN: 13652133     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2133.2005.06959.x     Document Type: Article

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