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Reliability of health-related quality-of-life indicators in cancer survivors from a population-based sample, 2005, BRFSS

  • J.M. Kapp

      Affiliations

    • Department of Family and Community Medicine, 1 Hospital Drive, MA306E Medical Sciences Building, University of Missouri-Columbia, Columbia, MO 65212, USA
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +1 573 884 2119; fax: +1 573 884 6172.
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  • J. Jackson-Thompson

      Affiliations

    • Department of Health Management and Informatics, University of Missouri-Columbia, Columbia, MO, USA
    • ,
  • G.F. Petroski

      Affiliations

    • Department of Health Management and Informatics, University of Missouri-Columbia, Columbia, MO, USA
    • ,
  • M. Schootman

      Affiliations

    • Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO, USA

Received 26 November 2007 ,Revised 14 May 2008 ,Accepted 15 October 2008.

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doi: 10.1016/j.puhe.2008.10.005

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