A Preliminary Study on the Relationships between Global Health/Quality of Life and Specific Head and Neck Cancer Quality of Life Domains in Puerto Rico

Journal of Prosthodontics

Volumn 21, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 460-471

  Psoter, Walter J ^a   Aguilar, Maria L ^b   Levy, Andrea ^c   Baek, Linda S ^a   Morse, Douglas E ^a  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA COLLEGE OF DENTISTRY   (United States)

^c LUTHERAN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

EORTC; EORTC QLQ C30; EORTC QLQ HN35; Head and neck cancer; Puerto Rico; QOL; Quality of life

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FACE PAIN; FEMALE; HEAD AND NECK TUMOR; HEALTH; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; MALE; MASTICATION; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PUERTO RICO; QUALITY OF LIFE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SWALLOWING;

AGED; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEGLUTITION; FACIAL PAIN; FEMALE; HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; MASTICATION; MIDDLE AGED; PUERTO RICO; QUALITY OF LIFE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; WORLD HEALTH;

EID: 84865369474     PISSN: 1059941X     EISSN: 1532849X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-849X.2012.00848.x     Document Type: Article

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