Spanish validation of the University of Washington Quality of Life questionnaire for head and neck cancer patients

Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery

Volumn 143, Issue 6, 2010, Pages

  Nazar, Gonzalo ^a   Garmendia, María Luisa ^b   Royer, Michel ^c   McDowell, Jennifer A ^d   Weymuller Jr , Ernest A ^e   Yueh, Bevan ^f  

^a CLÍNICA LAS CONDES   (Chile)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHILE   (Chile)

^c HOSPITAL CLÍNICO UNIVERSIDAD DE CHILE   (Chile)

^d VA PUGET SOUND HEALTH CARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONSULTATION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; GOLDBERG MENTAL HEALTH SURVEY; HEAD AND NECK CANCER; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; KARNOFSKY PERFORMANCE STATUS; LANGUAGE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PSYCHOMETRY; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON QUALITY OF LIFE QUESTIONNAIRE;

EID: 78649526298     PISSN: 01945998     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.otohns.2010.08.008     Document Type: Article

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