Experiencing neutropenia: Quality of life interviews with adult cancer patients

BMC Nursing

Volumn 4, Issue , 2005, Pages

  Fortner, Barry V ^a,b   Tauer, Kurt W ^a   Okon, Ted ^b   Houts, Arthur C ^a,b   Schwartzberg, Lee S ^a  

^a West Clinic   (United States)

^b Accelerated Community Oncology Research Network   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT;

ADULT; ADULTHOOD; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER PATIENT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COPING BEHAVIOR; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EMOTION; FATIGUE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MALE; NEUTROPENIA; PATHOGENESIS; PATIENT INFORMATION; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUALITY OF LIFE; SAMPLING; SELF EVALUATION; SOCIAL ISOLATION;

EID: 23344442243     PISSN: 14726955     EISSN: 14726955     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6955-4-4     Document Type: Article

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