Asian Nursing Research
Volume 3, Issue 1 , Pages 41-48 , March 2009

Touch-Screen Computerized Quality-of-Life Assessment for Patients with Cancer

  • Eun-Hyun Lee, PhD, RN

      Affiliations

    • Corresponding Author InformationCorrespondence to: Eun-Hyun Lee, PhD, RN, Ajou University, Graduate School of Public Health, San 5, Wonchon-dong, Yeongtong-gu, Suwon 443-721, South Korea

Received 18 February 2008 ,Revised 18 February 2008 ,Accepted 2 March 2009.

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PII: S1976-1317(09)60015-3

doi: 10.1016/S1976-1317(09)60015-3

Asian Nursing Research
Volume 3, Issue 1 , Pages 41-48 , March 2009

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