Health-related quality of life in women with breast cancer: A literature-based review of psychometric properties of breast cancer-specific measures

Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention

Volumn 15, Issue 8, 2014, Pages 3533-3536

  Niu, Hui Yan ^a   Niu, Chun Ying ^b   Wang, Jia He ^a   Zhang, Yi ^a   He, Ping ^a  

^a CHINA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Breast cancer; Health related quality of life; Instrument; Reliability; Validity

Indexed keywords

BREAST TUMOR; DEVICES; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; PSYCHOLOGY; PSYCHOMETRY; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; REPRODUCIBILITY;

BREAST NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 84902008945     PISSN: 15137368     EISSN: 2476762X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7314/APJCP.2014.15.8.3533     Document Type: Article

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