Patients' views on the utility of quality of life questionnaires in head and neck cancer: A randomised trial

Clinical Otolaryngology

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 310-316

  Mehanna, H M ^a,b   Morton, R P ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS COVENTRY AND WARWICKSHIRE NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS BIRMINGHAM NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^c AUCKLAND CITY HOSPITAL   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLINDNESS; COMPREHENSION; FEMALE; HEAD AND NECK CANCER; HUMAN; LANGUAGE; LEARNING DISORDER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PHYSICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 33746492238     PISSN: 17494478     EISSN: 17494486     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1749-4486.2006.01256.x     Document Type: Article

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