In my shoes: Children's quality of life after heart transplantation

Progress in Transplantation

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 199-208

  Green, Angela ^a,b   McSweeney, Jean ^b   Ainley, Kathy ^a,b   Bryant, Janet ^a,b  

^a ARKANSAS CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS FOR MEDICAL SCIENCES   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CARDIOMYOPATHY; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYANOTIC HEART DISEASE; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; ETHNOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HUMAN; MALE; QUALITY OF LIFE; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; SOCIAL INTERACTION;

EID: 34548810857     PISSN: 15269248     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/152692480701700307     Document Type: Article

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