Health-related quality of life (HRQOL) among pediatric leukemia patients in Malaysia

Pediatric Blood and Cancer

Volumn 57, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 105-109

  Hamidah, Alias ^a   Wong, Chee Yeng ^a   Tamil, Azmi M ^a   Zarina, Latiff A ^a   Zulkifli, Zakaria S ^a   Jamal, Rahman ^a  

^a UNIVERSITI KEBANGSAAN MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Acute leukemia; Health related; Malaysia; Quality of life

Indexed keywords

ACUTE LEUKEMIA; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAINTENANCE THERAPY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALAYSIA; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; SCHOOL CHILD; SCORING SYSTEM; SELF REPORT; TREATMENT RESPONSE;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADOLESCENT; AGE FACTORS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DATABASES, FACTUAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEUKEMIA; MALAYSIA; MALE; QUALITY OF LIFE;

EID: 79955744809     PISSN: 15455009     EISSN: 15455017     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pbc.23125     Document Type: Article

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