Anorexia and weight loss in long-term survivors of haematological malignancies

Journal of Clinical Nursing

Volumn 12, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 925-927

  Molassiotis, Alexander ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT;

ANOREXIA; APPETITE; ARTICLE; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER PAIN; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER SURVIVAL; CONSTIPATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE DURATION; FATIGUE; FOOD INTAKE; HEMATOLOGIC MALIGNANCY; HUMAN; LOW BACK PAIN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; NAUSEA; NERVOUSNESS; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PREDICTION; PRURITUS; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; QUALITY OF LIFE; RASH; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SHIVERING; SIDE EFFECT; SKIN MANIFESTATION; SLEEP DISORDER; SORE THROAT; SURVIVAL TIME; SYNDROME; WEIGHT REDUCTION; XEROSTOMIA;

ANOREXIA; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS; BONE MARROW TRANSPLANTATION; CACHEXIA; HEMATOLOGIC NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; QUALITY OF LIFE; WEIGHT LOSS;

EID: 0242607686     PISSN: 09621067     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2702.2003.00778.x     Document Type: Article

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