Quality of life and related factors in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

Tanaffos

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 51-56

  Halvani, Abolhassan ^a   Pourfarokh, Nilofar ^a   Nasiriani, Khadijeh ^a  

^a SHAHID SADOUGHI UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease; Quality of life; St. George's Respiratory Questionnaire (SGRQ)

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; CIGARETTE SMOKING; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DATA ANALYSIS SOFTWARE; DEMOGRAPHY; DESCRIPTIVE RESEARCH; DETERIORATION; DISEASE DURATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; LIFESTYLE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; OCCUPATION; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF REPORT; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL ASPECT; SYMPTOM; VARIANCE;

EID: 77953462883     PISSN: 17350344     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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