Health-related quality of life of Saudi hepatitis B and C patients

Annals of Saudi Medicine

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 397-403

  Abdo, Ayman A ^a  

^a KING SAUD UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ALBUMIN; ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; BILIRUBIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HUMAN; INTERNATIONAL NORMALIZED RATIO; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUALITY OF LIFE; SAUDI ARABIA; SHORT FORM 36; SOCIAL ASPECT; SOCIAL INTERACTION; SOCIOECONOMICS; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE;

ADULT; FEMALE; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS C, CHRONIC; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SAUDI ARABIA; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84865490794     PISSN: 02564947     EISSN: 09754466     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5144/0256-4947.2012.397     Document Type: Article

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