Quality of life following total laryngectomy: Assessment using the UW-QOL scale

ORL

Volumn 69, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 100-106

  Kazi, R ^a,b   De Cordova, J ^a   Kanagalingam, J ^a   Venkitaraman, R ^a   Nutting, C M ^a   Clarke, P ^a   Rhys Evans, P ^a   Harrington, K J ^a,b  

^a ROYAL MARSDEN HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b INSTITUTE OF CANCER RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Quality of life; Total laryngectomy; University of Washington Quality of Life Scale

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LARYNGECTOMY; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RATING SCALE; SELF REPORT; SPEECH; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STUDENT T TEST; VALIDATION STUDY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HUMANS; LARYNGECTOMY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 33847069101     PISSN: 03011569     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000097792     Document Type: Article

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