Olfactory function in oncologic hospice patients

Journal of Palliative Medicine

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 57-60

  Yakirevitch, Arkadi ^a   Bercovici, Michaela ^a,b   Migirov, Lela ^a,b   Adunsky, Abraham ^a,b   Pfeffer, M Raphael ^a,b   Kronenberg, Jona ^a,b   Talmi, Yoav P ^a,b  

^a SHEBA MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^b TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER PAIN; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EVALUATION; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HOSPICE PATIENT; HUMAN; HYPOSMIA; INCIDENCE; MALE; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; SMELLING; SMELLING DISORDER; WELLBEING;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; FEMALE; HOSPICES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; OLFACTION DISORDERS;

EID: 32044432385     PISSN: 10966218     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/jpm.2006.9.57     Document Type: Article

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