Requirements for quality-of-life reports

European Journal of Cardiovascular Nursing

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 141-143

  Moons, Philip ^a,b   Jaarsma, Tiny ^c   Norekvål, Tone M ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^c LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^d HAUKELAND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL INDICATOR; CLINICAL STUDY; EDITORIAL; HUMAN; MEASUREMENT; METHODOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLICATION; QUALITY OF LIFE;

EID: 77955331962     PISSN: 14745151     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejcnurse.2010.05.008     Document Type: Editorial

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