Health-related quality of life of Southern Chinese with chronic hepatitis B infection

Health and Quality of Life Outcomes

Volumn 7, Issue , 2009, Pages

  Lam, Elegance T P ^a   Lam, Cindy L K ^a   Lai, C L ^a   Yuen, M F ^a   Fong, Daniel Y T ^b   So, Thomas M K ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^c PRINCESS MARGARET HOSPITAL   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BILIRUBIN;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANTIVIRAL THERAPY; ARTICLE; CHINESE; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HEPATITIS B; HUMAN; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER DYSFUNCTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; PROGNOSIS; QUALITY OF LIFE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SHORT FORM 36; AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CHINA; ETHNOLOGY; HONG KONG; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOMETRY; QUESTIONNAIRE;

ADULT; AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CHINA; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HEALTH SURVEYS; HEPATITIS B, CHRONIC; HONG KONG; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 67649842587     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14777525     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1477-7525-7-52     Document Type: Article

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