Development and validation of the quality-of-life assessment system for lung cancer based on traditional chinese medicine

Evidence-based Complementary and Alternative Medicine

Volumn 2012, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Wan, Chonghua ^a   You, Shengfu ^b   Quan, Peng ^a   Song, Yi ^b   Liu, Tao ^b   Lu, Jingen ^b   Zheng, Peiyong ^b  

^a GUANGDONG MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b SHANGHAI UNIVERSITY OF TRADITIONAL CHINESE MEDICINE   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO ILLNESS; CHINESE MEDICINE; CONSTRUCT VALIDITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERNAL CONSISTENCY; LUNG CANCER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NAMED INVENTORIES, QUESTIONNAIRES AND RATING SCALES; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOMETRY; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUALITY OF LIFE INSTRUMENT FOR LUNG CANCER BASED ON TRADITIONAL CHINESE MEDICINE; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RATING SCALE; SCORING SYSTEM; SELF REPORT; TEST RETEST RELIABILITY; VALIDATION PROCESS;

EID: 84872162231     PISSN: 1741427X     EISSN: 17414288     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1155/2012/945910     Document Type: Article

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