## Abstract ## Background. To identify and rate the importance of several psychosocial and physiologic influences on quality of life (QOL) among a cohort of 5βyear head and neck cancer survivors, we conducted a crossβsectional study of a convenience sample that used both questionnaires and physiol
Psychosocial adjustment of family caregivers of head and neck cancer survivors
β Scribed by Stephanie Ross; Catherine E. Mosher; Victor Ronis-Tobin; Sandy Hermele; Jamie S. Ostroff
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag
- Year
- 2009
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 136 KB
- Volume
- 18
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0941-4355
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