Demystifying lymphedema: Development of the lymphedema Putting Evidence Into Practice® card

Clinical Journal of Oncology Nursing

Volumn 12, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 951-964

  Poage, Ellen ^a   Singer, Marybeth ^b   Armer, Jane ^c   Poundall, Melanie ^b   Shellabarger, M Jeanne ^a  

^a Center for Breast Cancer ^*  (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

^c MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; EVIDENCE BASED NURSING; HUMAN; LYMPHEDEMA; MANPOWER; NEOPLASM; ONCOLOGY NURSING; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; RISK REDUCTION;

EVIDENCE-BASED NURSING; HUMANS; LYMPHEDEMA; NEOPLASMS; ONCOLOGIC NURSING; RISK REDUCTION BEHAVIOR;

EID: 58949098770     PISSN: 10921095     EISSN: 1538067X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1188/08.CJON.951-964     Document Type: Article

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