Nutritional status and cancer in childhood

American Journal of Pediatric Hematology/Oncology

Volumn 22, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 491-494

  Barr, Ronald D ^a   Gibson, Brenda E S ^a  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHILD; DEVELOPED COUNTRY; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; HUMAN; NEOPLASM; NOTE; NUTRITIONAL DISORDER; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PREVALENCE;

CHILD; DEVELOPED COUNTRIES; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; HUMANS; NEOPLASMS; NUTRITION DISORDERS; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PREVALENCE;

EID: 0034320565     PISSN: 01928562     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00043426-200011000-00003     Document Type: Editorial

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