Health status of the patients before lung transplantation: A report from Iran

Annals of Transplantation

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 5-9

  Najafizadeh, Katayoun ^a   Ghorbani, Fariba ^a   Rostami, Ameneh ^a   Mosavi, Anis Fard ^a   Assari, Shervin ^b   Lankarani, Maryam Moghani ^b   Nia, Elham Farrokh ^a   Emami, Habib ^a   Marashian, Seyed Mehran ^a   Masjedi, Mohammad Reza ^a  

^a SHAHID BEHESHTI UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b Medicine and Health Promotion Institute   (Iran)

Author keywords

General health; Lung transplantation; Transplantation candidates

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN; PREDNISOLONE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; DEPRESSION; DRUG USE; EMOTIONAL STRESS; FEMALE; GRAFT RECIPIENT; HEALTH STATUS; HEMOGLOBIN BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; IRAN; LUNG TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; OUTPATIENT CARE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIAL DISABILITY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; MIDDLE AGED;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; IRAN; LUNG TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 67549111178     PISSN: 14259524     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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