The Hierarchy of quality-of-life assessment, the Health Assessment Questionnaire (HAQ), and issues mandating development of a toxicity index
β Scribed by James F. Fries
- Book ID
- 114187076
- Publisher
- Elsevier Science
- Year
- 1991
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 813 KB
- Volume
- 12
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0197-2456
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