Number and burden of cardiovascular diseases in relation to health-related quality of life in a cross-sectional population-based cohort study

BMJ Open

Volumn 2, Issue 5, 2012, Pages

  Djärv, Therese ^a   Wikman, Anna ^a   Lagergren, Pernilla ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; DYSPNEA; EMOTION; FATIGUE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; QUALITY OF LIFE; SWEDEN;

EID: 84869807242     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20446055     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2012-001554     Document Type: Article

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