Trajectories of Quality of Life among Chinese Patients Diagnosed with Nasopharynegeal Cancer

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 9, 2012, Pages

  Lam, Wendy W T ^a   Ye, Michelle ^a   Fielding, Richard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; APPETITE; ARTICLE; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CHINESE; EMOTIONALITY; FAMILY; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; GENDER; HUMAN; INCOME; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MARRIAGE; NASOPHARYNX CANCER; OPTIMISM; PAIN; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PREDICTION; QUALITY OF LIFE; SOCIAL ASPECT; WELLBEING;

EID: 84866519212     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0044022     Document Type: Article

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