Lost in the fog: Understanding "chemo brain"

Nursing

Volumn 39, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 42-45

  Hafner, Donna L ^a  

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Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT;

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; BRAIN; CHEMICALLY INDUCED DISORDER; COGNITIVE DEFECT; DRUG EFFECT; HUMAN; NEOPLASM; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITY OF LIFE;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS; BRAIN; COGNITION DISORDERS; HUMANS; NEOPLASMS; QUALITY OF LIFE;

EID: 70349772630     PISSN: 03604039     EISSN: 15388689     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.NURSE.0000358574.56241.2f     Document Type: Article

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