Influence of ethnicity on health-related quality of life of hemodialysis patients in Singapore

International Journal of Artificial Organs

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 217-225

  Wang, Vivian ^a   Seow, Ying Ying ^b   Chow, Wai Leng ^a  

^a Singapore Health Services   (Singapore)

^b KHOO TECK PUAT HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Ethnicity; Health related quality of life; Hemodialysis; KDQOL; SF 36

Indexed keywords

HEALTH; HEMODIALYZERS; LINEAR REGRESSION; SURVEYS;

DETERMINANTS OF HEALTHS; ETHNICITY; HAEMODIALYSIS; HEALTH-RELATED QUALITY OF LIVES; HEMODIALYSIS PATIENT; KDQOL; MULTIPLE LINEAR REGRESSION MODELS; SF-36; SINGAPORE; SOCIO-ECONOMIC STATUS;

DIALYSIS;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; HEALTH; HEALTH SURVEY; HEMODIALYSIS PATIENT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIPLE LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; QUALITY OF LIFE; SHORT FORM 36; SINGAPORE; SOCIAL STATUS;

EID: 84862726646     PISSN: 03913988     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5301/ijao.5000014     Document Type: Article

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