International Journal of Nursing Studies
Volume 41, Issue 3 , Pages 309-319 , March 2004

Quality of life of Chinese patients newly diagnosed with gastrointestinal cancer: a longitudinal study

  • Hu Yan

      Affiliations

    • School of Nursing, Fudan University, 305 Fenglin Road, Shanghai, People's Republic of China
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Fax: +86-21-6418-9170
    • ,
  • Ken Sellick

      Affiliations

    • School of Nursing, La Trobe University, Australia

Received 15 June 2003 ,Revised 4 August 2003 ,Accepted 9 October 2003.

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PII: S0020-7489(03)00167-6

doi: 10.1016/j.ijnurstu.2003.10.004

International Journal of Nursing Studies
Volume 41, Issue 3 , Pages 309-319 , March 2004

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