Investigation of quality of life and relevant influence factors in patients awaiting lung transplantation

Journal of Thoracic Disease

Volumn 3, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 244-248

  Chen, Lihua ^a   Huang, Danxia ^a   Mou, Xiaoling ^a   Chen, Ying ^a   Gong, Yucui ^a   He, Jianxing ^a  

^a GUANGZHOU MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Anxiety; Influence factors; Lung transplantation; Quality of life; Social support

Indexed keywords

EID: 84861983047     PISSN: 20721439     EISSN: 20776624     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3978/j.issn.2072-1439.2010.08.03     Document Type: Article

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