Touch-Screen Computerized Quality-of-Life Assessment for Patients with Cancer

Asian Nursing Research

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 41-48

  Lee, Eun Hyun ^a  

^a Ajou University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

agreement; computerized assessment; health related quality of life; questionnaire

Indexed keywords

EID: 67749093388     PISSN: 19761317     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1976-1317(09)60015-3     Document Type: Article

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