Journal of the Formosan Medical Association
Volume 108, Issue 5 , Pages 414-422 , May 2009

Changing Quality of Life in Hysterectomized Women

  • Ching-Fang Lee

      Affiliations

    • Department of Nursing, Oriental Institute of Technology College, National Taiwan Normal University, Taipei, Taiwan
    • Department of Health Education, National Taiwan Normal University, Taipei, Taiwan
    • ,
  • Fur-Hsing Wen

      Affiliations

    • Department of International Business, Soochow University, Taipei, Taiwan
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorrespondence to: Dr Fur-Hsing Wen, Department of International Business, Soochow University, 56 Kueiyang Street, Section 1, Taipei, Taiwan
    • ,
  • Shu-Shan Lin

      Affiliations

    • Department of Nursing, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan
    • ,
  • Hsien-Ming Lin

      Affiliations

    • Department of Obstetrics, Far-Eastern Memorial Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan

Received 5 May 2008 ,Revised 24 August 2008 ,Accepted 12 December 2008.

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PII: S0929-6646(09)60086-3

doi: 10.1016/S0929-6646(09)60086-3

Journal of the Formosan Medical Association
Volume 108, Issue 5 , Pages 414-422 , May 2009

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