Quality of life in Hepatitis C virus infection: Assessment of rural patients living in north-western New South Wales

Australian Journal of Rural Health

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 213-220

  Gunasekera, Sanjeevani ^a   Fraser, John ^b   Alexander, Christian ^b  

^a Hunter New England Health   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW ENGLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Health related quality of life; Hepatitis C virus infected person; Rural

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; AWARENESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE DURATION; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; PATIENT SELECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOM SAMPLE; RURAL POPULATION; SHORT FORM 36; SUPPORT GROUP;

ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HEALTH SURVEYS; HEPATITIS C; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEW SOUTH WALES; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RURAL POPULATION;

EID: 47949101633     PISSN: 10385282     EISSN: 14401584     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1584.2008.00983.x     Document Type: Article

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