Alternative nutritional cancer therapies

International Journal of Cancer

Volumn 78, Issue SUPPL. 11, 1998, Pages 69-72

  Weitzman, Sheila ^a  

^a HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

VITAMIN;

ADULT; ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; CHILD; DIET THERAPY; HUMAN; NEOPLASM; NUTRITION; NUTRITIONAL DISORDER; REVIEW; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER PREVENTION; CANCER THERAPY; CONFERENCE PAPER; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DIETARY FIBER; LOW FAT DIET; MACROBIOTIC DIET; MINERAL INTAKE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; VEGETARIAN DIET; VITAMIN INTAKE;

ADULT; CHILD; COMPLEMENTARY THERAPIES; HUMANS; NEOPLASMS; NUTRITION DISORDERS; NUTRITION PHYSIOLOGY; VITAMINS;

EID: 0032237990     PISSN: 00207136     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1097-0215(1998)78:11+<69::aid-ijc20>3.0.co;2-7     Document Type: Article

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