Rehabilitation and the Older Cancer Patient

American Journal of the Medical Sciences

Volumn 327, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 86-90

  Nusbaum, Neil J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS   (United States)

Author keywords

Geriatrics; Medical oncology; Neoplasms; Rehabilitation; Therapeutics

Indexed keywords

AGED; CANCER; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; ELDERLY CARE; ENDURANCE; HUMAN; PATIENT CARE; PROGNOSIS; QUALITY OF LIFE; REVIEW; SENESCENCE;

EID: 1242272185     PISSN: 00029629     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00000441-200402000-00006     Document Type: Review

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