Current and Future Trends in Lymphedema Management: Implications for Women's Health

Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Clinics of North America

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 539-553

  Cheville, Andrea L ^a  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADVANCED CANCER; AGING; CANCER SURVIVAL; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; HUMAN; LYMPHEDEMA; MALIGNANT NEOPLASTIC DISEASE; OBESITY; PATHOGENESIS; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT EDUCATION; PRIMARY PREVENTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; TREND STUDY; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

FEMALE; HUMANS; LYMPH NODE EXCISION; LYMPHEDEMA; NEOPLASMS; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PRIMARY PREVENTION; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

EID: 34547193205     PISSN: 10479651     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pmr.2007.06.001     Document Type: Review

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