Quality of life assessment in patients with inguinal hernia

ANZ Journal of Surgery

Volumn 76, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 491-493

  Mathur, Sachin ^a,c   Bartlett, Adam St J R ^a   Gilkison, William ^b   Krishna, Govind ^a  

^a WHANGAREI HOSPITAL   (New Zealand)

^b TARANAKI BASE HOSPITAL   (New Zealand)

^c THE UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Inguinal hernia; Quality of life; SF 36

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INGUINAL HERNIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MANUAL LABOR; QUALITY OF LIFE; SCORING SYSTEM; SHORT FORM 36; SITTING; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HERNIA, INGUINAL; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUALITY OF LIFE; TIME FACTORS; WAITING LISTS;

EID: 33744942932     PISSN: 14451433     EISSN: 14452197     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1445-2197.2006.03746.x     Document Type: Article

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