Experiences of oral care in patients with haematological malignancies or head and neck cancer

European Journal of Cancer Care

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 274-282

  Öhrn, Kerstin E O ^a,b   Sjoden P O ^b  

^a DALARNA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Chemotherapy; Oral examination; Oral hygiene; Oral symptoms; Radiotherapy

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; EATING DISORDER; EXPERIENCE; FEMALE; HEAD AND NECK CANCER; HEMATOLOGIC MALIGNANCY; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MALE; MOUTH EXAMINATION; MOUTH HYGIENE; SELF CARE; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; ADOLESCENT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BLOOD DISEASE; DENTAL CARE; DRINKING; EATING; HEAD AND NECK TUMOR; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MOUTH DISEASE; PATIENT EDUCATION; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RADIATION INJURY; STANDARD;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; DENTAL CARE; DENTAL CARE FOR CHRONICALLY ILL; DRINKING; EATING; FEMALE; HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEMATOLOGIC NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOUTH DISEASES; ORAL HYGIENE; PATIENT EDUCATION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RADIATION INJURIES;

EID: 0141992735     PISSN: 09615423     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2354.2003.00417.x     Document Type: Article

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