A guide of the questionnaires used in the measurement of health-related quality of life in head and neck oncology

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Volumn 94, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 724-731

  Kanatas, Anastasios N ^a,b   Rogers, Simon N ^c,d  

^a Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery   (United Kingdom)

^b ST JAMES S UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL AINTREE   (United Kingdom)

^d EDGE HILL UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Head and neck cancer; Health related quality of life; Questionnaires; Surgery; UW QOL; Validation

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HEAD AND NECK CANCER; INSTRUMENT; MEDICAL LITERATURE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PERFORMANCE; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE;

EID: 56749112552     PISSN: 03008916     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/030089160809400514     Document Type: Article

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