Owners 'perception of their cats' quality of life during COP chemotherapy for lymphoma

Journal of Feline Medicine and Surgery

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 73-81

  Tzannes, Sophia ^a   Hammond, Margaret F ^a   Murphy, Suzanne ^b   Sparkes, Andrew ^b   Blackwood, Laura ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b ANIMAL HEALTH TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; CAT; CAT DISEASE; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; LYMPHOMA; MALE; OBJECT RELATION; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED KINGDOM;

ANIMALS; ANTINEOPLASTIC COMBINED CHEMOTHERAPY PROTOCOLS; BONDING, HUMAN-PET; CAT DISEASES; CATS; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; LYMPHOMA; MALE; OWNERSHIP; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 38949163058     PISSN: 1098612X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jfms.2007.05.008     Document Type: Article

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