Factors affecting performance of usual activities during radiation therapy

Oncology Nursing Forum

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 827-834

  Poirier, Patricia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MAINE   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; EMPLOYMENT; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FATIGUE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL LEAVE; MIDDLE AGED; MODEL; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NEOPLASM; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; ROLE PLAYING; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; TASK PERFORMANCE; UNITED STATES;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; ADULT; AGED; CAUSALITY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EMPLOYMENT; FATIGUE; FEMALE; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, NURSING; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NEOPLASMS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; ROLE; SICK LEAVE; SOCIAL SUPPORT; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 38549171377     PISSN: 0190535X     EISSN: 15380688     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1188/07.ONF.827-834     Document Type: Article

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