Health-related quality of life differences between African Americans and non-Hispanic whites with head and neck cancer

Head and Neck

Volumn 35, Issue 9, 2013, Pages 1255-1264

  Reeve, Bryce B ^a,b   Cai, Jianwen ^a   Zhang, Hongtao ^a   Choi, Jaeun ^c   Weissler, Mark C ^d   Cella, David ^e   Olshan, Andrew F ^a,b,d  

^a University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^c HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

African Americans; head and neck cancer; health related quality of life

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGED; ARTICLE; CAUCASIAN; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HEAD AND NECK CANCER; HUMAN; INCOME; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGICAL WELL BEING; QUALITY OF LIFE; WELLBEING;

AFRICAN AMERICANS; HEAD AND NECK CANCER; HEALTH-RELATED QUALITY OF LIFE;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; AGED; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NORTH CAROLINA; QUALITY OF LIFE; SICKNESS IMPACT PROFILE; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 84883051264     PISSN: 10433074     EISSN: 10970347     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hed.23115     Document Type: Article

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