Age differences in post-breast cancer lymphedema signs and symptoms

Cancer Nursing

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 200-209

  Armer, Jane ^a   Fu, Mei R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

^b NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Age; Breast cancer; Lymphedema; Signs and symptoms

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ANTHROPOMETRIC PARAMETERS; ARTICLE; BODY TEMPERATURE; BREAST CANCER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LYMPHEDEMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; METHODOLOGY; PAIN; PARESTHESIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SELF REPORT; SEQUENTIAL CIRCUMFERENTIAL ARM MEASUREMENT; SYMPTOM;

EID: 19544390315     PISSN: 0162220X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00002820-200505000-00007     Document Type: Article

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