Measurement of Health-Related Quality of Life in the Care of Patients with ESRD: Isn't This the Metric That Matters?

Seminars in Dialysis

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 439-444

  Naik, Nimish ^a   Hess, Rachel ^a   Unruh, Mark ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHRONIC KIDNEY FAILURE; DEPRESSION; HUMAN; MENTAL HEALTH; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RENAL REPLACEMENT THERAPY;

DEPRESSION; HUMANS; KIDNEY FAILURE, CHRONIC; MENTAL HEALTH; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RENAL DIALYSIS;

EID: 84864021625     PISSN: 08940959     EISSN: 1525139X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1525-139X.2012.01110.x     Document Type: Article

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