Body composition of patients with malnutrition and cancer. Summary of methods of assessment

Cancer

Volumn 55, Issue 1 S, 1985, Pages 250-253

  Shizgal, Harry M ^a  

^a ROYAL VICTORIA HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RADIOISOTOPE; SODIUM 22; TRITIUM OXIDE;

BODY CELL MASS; BODY COMPOSITION; CANCER; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DIAGNOSIS; HUMAN; MALNUTRITION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHORT SURVEY; TOTAL PARENTERAL NUTRITION;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY WATER; BODY WEIGHT; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; HUMAN; NEOPLASMS; NUTRITION DISORDERS; PARENTERAL NUTRITION, TOTAL; RADIOISOTOPE DILUTION TECHNIQUE; RESEARCH DESIGN; SKIN TESTS; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T;

EID: 0021929570     PISSN: 0008543X     EISSN: 10970142     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/1097-0142(19850101)55:1+<250::AID-CNCR2820551307>3.0.CO;2-A     Document Type: Article

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