The value of quality of life research in stroke

Stroke

Volumn 37, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 1958-1959

  Kissela, Brett ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI   (United States)

Author keywords

Clinical trials; Outcomes; Quality of life

Indexed keywords

CORRELATION ANALYSIS; EDITORIAL; HUMAN; MEDICAL RESEARCH; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; RANKIN SCALE; SCORING SYSTEM; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; STROKE; VALIDITY; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; NOTE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY;

BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; HUMANS; QUALITY OF LIFE;

EID: 33747163013     PISSN: 00392499     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/01.STR.0000234047.57744.d9     Document Type: Editorial

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