Symptom Clusters Related to Specific Cancers

Seminars in Oncology Nursing

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 136-141

  Gift, Audrey G ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

breast cancer; lung cancer; Symptom cluster

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MONITORING; NEOPLASM; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY;

CLUSTER ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MONITORING, PHYSIOLOGIC; NEOPLASMS;

EID: 34248594974     PISSN: 07492081     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.soncn.2007.01.003     Document Type: Article

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