Nutritional status at diagnosis in children and adolescents with cancer in the Asociacion de Hemato-Oncologia Pediatrica de Centro America (AHOPCA) countries: Preliminary results from Guatemala

Pediatric Blood and Cancer

Volumn 50, Issue 2 SUPPL., 2008, Pages 499-501

  Sala, Alessandra ^a   Rossi, Emanuela ^a   Antillon, Federico ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILANO BICOCCA   (Italy)

^b Unidad Nacional de Oncologia Pediatrica   (Guatemala)

Author keywords

Cancer; Diagnosis; Nutrition

Indexed keywords

ACUTE LYMPHOBLASTIC LEUKEMIA; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILDHOOD CANCER; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENDER; GUATEMALA; HUMAN; LEUKEMIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALNUTRITION; MYELODYSPLASTIC SYNDROME; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE; SOLID TUMOR;

ADOLESCENT; ANTHROPOMETRY; CHILD; GUATEMALA; HUMANS; NEOPLASMS; NUTRITIONAL STATUS;

EID: 37549043194     PISSN: 15455009     EISSN: 15455017     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pbc.21399     Document Type: Article

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