Cancer and nutrition: Key determinants of quality of life

European Journal of Cancer

Volumn 45, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2009, Pages 409-

  Ravasco, Paula ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE MEDICINA MOLECULAR JOÃO LOBO ANTUNES   (Portugal)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; COLORECTAL CANCER; DIETARY INTAKE; ESOPHAGUS CANCER; HEAD AND NECK CANCER; HUMAN; MORBIDITY; NUTRITION; NUTRITIONAL HEALTH; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; NUTRITIONAL SUPPORT; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NUTRITIONAL SUPPORT; QUALITY OF LIFE;

EID: 70349125814     PISSN: 09598049     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0959-8049(09)70067-X     Document Type: Article

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