Is There a Biological Basis for the Clustering of Symptoms?

Seminars in Oncology Nursing

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 99-105

  Miaskowski, Christine ^a   Aouizerat, Bradley E ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

cluster analysis; mechanisms; symptom assessment; Symptom clusters

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; HUMAN; NEOPLASM; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY;

CLUSTER ANALYSIS; HUMANS; NEOPLASMS;

EID: 34248563201     PISSN: 07492081     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.soncn.2007.01.008     Document Type: Article

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