Effect of malnutrition at the time of diagnosis on the survival of children treated for cancer in El Salvador and Northern Brazil

American Journal of Pediatric Hematology/Oncology

Volumn 22, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 502-505

  Pedrosa, Francisco ^d   Bonilla, Miguel ^c   Liu, Aiyi ^a   Smith, Karen ^a   Davis, Diana ^b   Ribeiro, Raul C ^a,b   Wilimas, Judith A ^a,b  

^a ST JUDE CHILDREN S RESEARCH HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c Hospital de Niños Benjamin Bloom   (El Salvador)

^d INSTITUTO DE MEDICINA INTEGRAL PROF FERNANDO FIGUEIRA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Childhood malignancy; Nutrition; Prognostic factors

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAZIL; CHILD; EL SALVADOR; HUMAN; LEUKEMIA; MORTALITY; NEOPLASM; NUTRITIONAL DISORDER; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RISK FACTOR; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

BRAZIL; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EL SALVADOR; HUMANS; LEUKEMIA; NEOPLASMS; NUTRITION DISORDERS; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; RISK FACTORS; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0034321783     PISSN: 01928562     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00043426-200011000-00005     Document Type: Article

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