Recognition of comorbid diabetes and obesity in hospital records of newly diagnosed cancer patients

Annals of Oncology

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 591-592

  Polednak, Anthony P ^a  

^a Connecticut Department of Public Health ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CANCER PATIENT; COMORBIDITY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; HUMAN; LETTER; MEDICAL RECORD; OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS;

COMORBIDITY; DIABETES MELLITUS; HUMANS; MEDICAL AUDIT; NEOPLASMS;

EID: 61649090234     PISSN: 09237534     EISSN: 15698041     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/annonc/mdn754     Document Type: Letter

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