Terminal cancer syndrome: Myth or reality?

Journal of Palliative Care

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 32-39

  Viganò, Antonio ^a   Bruera, Eduardo ^b   Suarez Almazor, Maria E ^c  

^a GREY NUNS COMMUNITY HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CLASSIFICATION; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; QUALITY OF LIFE; SOCIOECONOMICS; TERMINALLY ILL PATIENT;

AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; QUALITY OF LIFE; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TERMINALLY ILL;

EID: 0033250738     PISSN: 08258597     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/082585979901500406     Document Type: Review

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