Quality of life after liver transplantation for hepatitis C infection

Quality of Life Research

Volumn 16, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 1299-1308

  Dudley, Tracey ^a   Chaplin, Dawn ^a   Clifford, Collette ^b   Mutimer, David John ^a,b  

^a QUEEN ELIZABETH HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Hepatitis C; Liver transplantation; Phenomenology; Qualitative; Quality of life

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; DRUG MISUSE; FEMALE; HEPATITIS C; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTERVIEW; LIVER DISEASE; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; PHYSICAL DISABILITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUALITY OF LIFE;

ADULT; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HEPATITIS C; HUMANS; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUALITY OF LIFE; SOCIAL ISOLATION;

EID: 34648827757     PISSN: 09629343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11136-007-9244-y     Document Type: Article

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