Health related quality of life assessment in the routine clinical practice of a dermatology unit

European Journal of Dermatology

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 409-415

  Tabolli, Stefano ^a   Baliva, Giannandrea ^a   Lombardo, Giuseppe Alfonso ^a   Sampogna, Francesca ^a   Di Pietro, Cristina ^a   Mannooranparampil, T J ^a   Alvetreti, Gabriele ^a   Abeni, Damiano ^a  

^a LABORATORIO DI PATOLOGIA VASCOLARE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Clinical practice; Dermatology; Life quality; Outcome research

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONNECTIVE TISSUE DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DERMATITIS; DERMATOLOGY; DESCRIPTIVE RESEARCH; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; GENERAL HEALTH QUESTIONNAIRE; GRAFT VERSUS HOST REACTION; HEALTH SURVEY; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HOSPITAL PERSONNEL; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LYMPHOMA; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; PEMPHIGUS; PSORIASIS; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SHORT FORM 36; SKIN ULCER;

ADULT; AGED; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SKIN DISEASES;

EID: 33748319308     PISSN: 11671122     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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