Zinc deficiency in head and neck cancer patients

Journal of the American College of Nutrition

Volumn 16, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 418-422

  Doerr, Timothy D ^a   Prasad, Ananda S ^a   Marks, Steven C ^a   Shamsa, Falah H ^a   Penny, Hayward S ^a   Mathog, Robert H ^a  

^a WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Head and neck cancer; Malnutrition; Tumor size; Tumor stage; Zinc

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER RISK; CANCER STAGING; CORRELATION FUNCTION; FEMALE; HEAD AND NECK CANCER; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PROTEIN CALORIE MALNUTRITION; TUMOR VOLUME; ZINC BLOOD LEVEL; ZINC DEFICIENCY;

EID: 0030754777     PISSN: 07315724     EISSN: 15411087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07315724.1997.10718707     Document Type: Article

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