Are Cancer Survivors/Patients Knowledgeable About Osteoporosis? Results from a Survey of 285 Chemotherapy-treated Cancer Patients and Their Companions

Journal of Nutrition Education and Behavior

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 144-148

  McKean, Heidi ^a   Looker, Sherry ^a   Hartmann, Lynn C ^a   Hayman, Suzanne R ^a   Kaur, Judith S ^a   McWilliams, Robert R ^a   Peethambaram, Prema P ^a   Stahl, Jean F ^a   Jatoi, Aminah ^a  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

awareness; cancer; fracture; knowledge; osteoporosis

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHEMICALLY INDUCED DISORDER; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM; OSTEOPOROSIS; PATIENT EDUCATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RADIOGRAPHY; RISK FACTOR; SPOUSE; SURVIVOR;

ANTINEOPLASTIC PROTOCOLS; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; OSTEOPOROSIS; PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC; RISK FACTORS; SPOUSES; SURVIVORS;

EID: 42949123191     PISSN: 14994046     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jneb.2007.08.009     Document Type: Article

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