Graphical modeling can be used to illustrate associations between variables describing functioning in head and neck cancer patients

Journal of Clinical Epidemiology

Volumn 64, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 885-892

  Becker, Sven ^a   Strobl, Ralf ^a   Cieza, Alarcos ^a   Grill, Eva ^a   Harréus, Ulrich ^b   Tschiesner, Uta ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Functioning; Graphical models; Head and neck cancer; International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health (ICF); Rehabilitation; Tumor

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BOOTSTRAPPING; COMPUTER GRAPHICS; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HEAD AND NECK CANCER; HUMAN; INTERNATIONAL CLASSIFICATION OF FUNCTIONING, DISABILITY AND HEALTH; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL MODEL; VALIDITY;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHECKLIST; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DISABLED PERSONS; FEMALE; HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; INTERNATIONAL CLASSIFICATION OF DISEASES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUALITY OF LIFE;

EID: 79959721117     PISSN: 08954356     EISSN: 18785921     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jclinepi.2010.11.010     Document Type: Article

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