Health-related quality of life in elderly cancer patients, elderly non-cancer patients and an elderly general population: Original article

European Journal of Cancer Care

Volumn 18, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 457-465

  Baumann, R ^a   PUtz C ^a   ROhrig B ^a   HOffken K ^b   Wedding, U ^a  

^a FRIEDRICH SCHILLER UNIVERSITY JENA   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER MAINZ   (Germany)

Author keywords

Assessment; Cancer; Elderly; General population; Geriatric oncology; Quality of life

Indexed keywords

AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CULTURAL FACTOR; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM; PATIENT SELECTION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOMETRY; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEX DIFFERENCE;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; PATIENT SELECTION; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 69149087652     PISSN: 09615423     EISSN: 13652354     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2354.2008.00975.x     Document Type: Article

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