Measuring health-related quality of life in kashin-beck disease using EQ-5D

Quality of Life Research

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 425-429

  Farooq, Umer ^a   Guo, Xiong ^a   Chuang, Ling Hsiang ^b   Fang, Hua ^a   Zhuang, Guihua ^a   Xia, Chuantao ^a  

^a XI'AN JIAOTONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Endemic diseases; Musculoskeletal diseases; Osteoarthropathy; Quality of life

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHINA; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; KASHIN BECK DISEASE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PATIENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE;

ADULT; AGED; CHINA; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; KASHIN-BECK DISEASE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENTS; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 79958765453     PISSN: 09629343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11136-010-9820-4     Document Type: Article

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