Eating ability predicts subsequent quality of life in Chinese patients with breast, liver, lung, or nasopharyngeal carcinoma: A longitudinal analysis

Acta Oncologica

Volumn 47, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 71-80

  Wong, Wing S ^a   Fielding, Richard ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; APPETITE; ARTICLE; BREAST CARCINOMA; CHINESE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DEPRESSION; EATING; EATING DISORDER; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HAPPINESS; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; LIVER CARCINOMA; LUNG CARCINOMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NASOPHARYNX CARCINOMA; OUTPATIENT CARE; PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; SCORING SYSTEM; SELF CONCEPT; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

AGED; BREAST NEOPLASMS; DEPRESSION; EATING DISORDERS; FEMALE; FOOD HABITS; HONG KONG; HUMANS; LIVER NEOPLASMS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NASOPHARYNGEAL NEOPLASMS; NUTRITION SURVEYS; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PAIN; PSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; QUALITY OF LIFE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 37549004441     PISSN: 0284186X     EISSN: 1651226X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02841860701441814     Document Type: Article

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