A best practice dietetic service for rural patients with cancer undergoing chemotherapy: A pilot of a pseudo-randomised controlled trial

Nutrition and Dietetics

Volumn 65, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 175-180

  Brown, Leanne ^a,c   Capra, Sandra ^b   Williams, Lauren ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

^c NEMSC   (Australia)

Author keywords

Best practice; Cancer; Malnutrition; Pseudo randomised controlled trial; Rural

Indexed keywords

EID: 43449137005     PISSN: 14466368     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1747-0080.2008.00238.x     Document Type: Article

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