Reliability and Validity of an Iranian Version of the European Organisation for Research and Treatment of Cancer Quality of Life Questionnaire for Patients with Multiple Myeloma: the EORTC QLQ-MY20 |
Ahmadzadeh, Ahmad
(Research Centre of Cancer, Shafa Hospital, Ahvaz Jundishapur University of Medical Science)
Yekaninejad, Mir Saeed (Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Public Health, Tehran University of Medical Sciences) Saffari, Mohsen (Health Research Center, Baqiyatallah University of Medical Sciences) Pakpour, Amir H (Social Determinants of Health Research Center, Qazvin University of Medical Sciences) Aaronson, Neil K (Division of Psychosocial Research & Epidemiology, The Netherlands Cancer Institute) |
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