Associates of poor physical and mental health-related quality of life in beta thalassemia-major/intermedia

Journal of Research in Medical Sciences

Volumn 14, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 349-355

  Azarkeivan, Azita ^a   Hajibeigi, Bashir ^a   Alavian, Seyed Moayed ^b   Lankarani, Maryam Moghani ^c   Assari, Shervin ^c  

^a IRANIAN BLOOD TRANSFUSION ORGANIZATION   (Iran)

^b Baqiyatallah Research Center for Gastroenterology and Liver Disease   (Iran)

^c Medicine and Health Promotion Institute   (Iran)

Author keywords

Anxiety; Depression; Health related quality of life; Somatic comorbidities; Thalassemia

Indexed keywords

ANXIETY; ARTICLE; BETA THALASSEMIA; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DEPRESSION; EYE DISEASE; FEMALE; HEALTH; HOSPITAL ANXIETY AND DEPRESSION SCALE; HUMAN; IRAN; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; LUNG DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASE; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; OUTPATIENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITY OF LIFE; RHEUMATIC DISEASE; SHORT FORM 36; THALASSEMIA MINOR;

EID: 73349089924     PISSN: 17351995     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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