Quality of life research: Is there a difference in output between the major cancer types?

European Journal of Cancer Care

Volumn 19, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 714-720

  Sanson Fisher, R ^a   Bailey, L J ^a   Aranda, S ^b   D'Este, C ^a   Stojanovski, E ^c   Sharkey, K ^b   Schofield, P ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

^b PETER MACCALLUM CANCER CENTRE   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Cancer; Database search; Oncology; Quality of life

Indexed keywords

BIBLIOMETRICS; BREAST TUMOR; COLORECTAL TUMOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; LUNG TUMOR; MALE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; NEOPLASM; PROSTATE TUMOR; PUBLISHING; QUALITY OF LIFE; REVIEW; STATISTICS;

BIBLIOMETRICS; BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH; BREAST NEOPLASMS; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; NEOPLASMS; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; PUBLISHING; QUALITY OF LIFE;

EID: 79955650843     PISSN: 09615423     EISSN: 13652354     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2354.2009.01158.x     Document Type: Review

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