Quality of life among testicular cancer survivors: A case-control study in the United States

Quality of Life Research

Volumn 20, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 1629-1637

  Kim, Christopher ^a   McGlynn, Katherine A ^b   McCorkle, Ruth ^c   Erickson, Ralph L ^d   Niebuhr, David W ^d   Ma, Shuangge ^a   Graubard, Barry ^b   Aschebrook Kilfoy, Briseis ^b   Barry, Kathryn Hughes ^a,b   Zhang, Yawei ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF NURSING   (United States)

^d WALTER REED ARMY INSTITUTE OF RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

Health status; Quality of life; Testicular cancer

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; HUMAN; MALE; MALE INFERTILITY; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEXUAL DYSFUNCTION; SICKNESS IMPACT PROFILE; SOLDIER; SURVIVOR; TESTIS TUMOR; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; HUMANS; INFERTILITY, MALE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MILITARY PERSONNEL; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEXUAL DYSFUNCTION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; SICKNESS IMPACT PROFILE; SURVIVORS; TESTICULAR NEOPLASMS; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84255173513     PISSN: 09629343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11136-011-9907-6     Document Type: Article

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