Health-related quality of life in patients with Chagas disease Qualidade de vida relacionada à saúde na doença de Chagas

INTRODUCTION: Chagas disease (ChD) is a chronic illness related to significant morbidity and mortality that can affect the quality of life (QoL) of infected patients. However, there are few studies regarding QoL in ChD. The objectives of this study are to construct a health-related QoL (HRQoL) profi...

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Main Authors: Bruna Guimarães Oliveira, Mery Natali Silva Abreu, Claudia Drummond Guimarães Abreu, Manoel Otavio da Costa Rocha, Antonio Luiz Ribeiro
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical (SBMT) 2011-04-01
Series:Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0037-86822011000200005