The importance of simple, easy-to-follow antiemetic guidelines

Acta Oncologica, Supplement

Volumn 43, Issue 15, 2004, Pages 5-8

  Feyer, Petra ^a  

^a Nuclear Medicine   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIMENHYDRINATE; METOCLOPRAMIDE; SEROTONIN 3 ANTAGONIST; STEROID;

ADULT; AGED; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NAUSEA AND VOMITING; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; RADIATION DOSE FRACTIONATION; RADIATION INDUCED EMESIS; RADIATION INDUCED NAUSEA AND VOMITING; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEDATION;

ANTIEMETICS; HUMANS; NAUSEA; NEOPLASMS; PRACTICE GUIDELINES; RADIOTHERAPY; VOMITING;

EID: 6344258441     PISSN: 11001704     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/11001700410016134     Document Type: Review

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