Frequency and methodologic rigor of quality-of-life assessments in the critical care literature.

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Published in Crit Care Med on March 01, 1998

Authors

D K Heyland1, G Guyatt, D J Cook, M Meade, E Juniper, L Cronin, A Gafni

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Medicine, Queen's University, Kingston, ON, Canada.

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