Health-related Quality of Life After Cardiac Transplantation: Results of a UK National Survey With Norm-based Comparisons

Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation

Volumn 27, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 675-681

  Saeed, Imran ^a   Rogers, Chris ^a   Murday, Andrew ^a  

^a ROYAL COLLEGE OF SURGEONS OF ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEPRESSION; DISEASE SEVERITY; EUROPEAN QUALITY OF LIFE QUESTIONNAIRE; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HOSPITAL ANXIETY AND DEPRESSION SCALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; POPULATION RESEARCH; POSTAL MAIL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SHORT FORM 36; SYMPTOM; UNITED KINGDOM;

CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 43949134512     PISSN: 10532498     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.healun.2008.03.013     Document Type: Article

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