Validation of a malnutrition screening tool for patients receiving radiotherapy

Australasian Radiology

Volumn 43, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 325-327

  Ferguson, Ml ^a,b   Bauer, J ^a   Gallagher, B ^a   Capra, S ^b   Christie, Drh ^c   Mason, Br ^d  

^a WESLEY HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

^c East Coast Cancer Centre   (Australia)

^d Division of Radiation Oncology   (Australia)

Author keywords

Malnutrition; Nutrition assessment; Nutrition screening; Oncology; Radiotherapy

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CANCER CENTER; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALNUTRITION; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; NUTRITIONAL SUPPORT; ONCOLOGY; OUTPATIENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCREENING TEST;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; NUTRITION ASSESSMENT; NUTRITION DISORDERS; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PREVALENCE; QUEENSLAND; RADIATION INJURIES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0032767762     PISSN: 00048461     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1440-1673.1999.433665.x     Document Type: Article

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