Palliative care in advanced cancer patients in a tertiary care hospital in Uttarakhand

Indian Journal of Palliative Care

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 75-79

  Bisht, Manisha ^a   Bist, S S ^a   Dhasmana, D C ^a   Saini, Sunil ^a  

^a HIMALAYAN INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

Advanced cancer; Polypharmacy; Symptoms in cancer

Indexed keywords

EID: 60449084388     PISSN: 09731075     EISSN: 19983735     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0973-1075.45449     Document Type: Article

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