Journal of the Formosan Medical Association
Volume 105, Issue 9 , Pages 731-742 , 2006

Changes and Factors Influencing Health-related Quality of Life After Hysterectomy in Premenopausal Women with Benign Gynecologic Conditions

  • Ya-Ling Yang

      Affiliations

    • Corresponding Author InformationCorrespondence to: Dr Ya-Ling Yang, School of Nursing, College of Medicine, National Taiwan University, 1 Jen Ai Road, Section 1, Taipei 100, Taiwan
    • ,
  • Yueh-Chih Chen
  • Yu-Mei Chao

      Affiliations

    • National Health Research Institutes, Taipei, Taiwan
    • ,
  • Grace Yao

      Affiliations

    • School of Psychology, College of Science, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan

Received 25 April 2005 ,Revised 2 June 2005 ,Accepted 7 March 2006.

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PII: S0929-6646(09)60201-1

doi: 10.1016/S0929-6646(09)60201-1

Journal of the Formosan Medical Association
Volume 105, Issue 9 , Pages 731-742 , 2006

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