Symptom clustering in older Taiwanese children with cancer

Oncology Nursing Forum

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 273-281

  Yeh, Chao Hsing ^a   Chiang, Yi Chien ^b   Chien, Lung Chang ^c,e   Lin, Lin ^d,e   Yang, Chao Ping ^f   Chuang, Huo Li ^g  

^a CHANG GUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b CHANG GUNG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Taiwan)

^c Department of Biostatistics ^*

^d School of Nursing

^e UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^f CHANG GUNG CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^g Ten Chen Hospital Chungli   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AGE; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLASSIFICATION; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COMORBIDITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NEOPLASM; PAIN; PREVALENCE; SEX DIFFERENCE; TAIWAN;

ADOLESCENT; AGE FACTORS; CHILD; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COMORBIDITY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NEOPLASMS; PAIN; PREVALENCE; SEX FACTORS; TAIWAN;

EID: 46749089318     PISSN: 0190535X     EISSN: 15380688     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1188/08.ONF.273-281     Document Type: Article

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