Airplane travel and lymphedema: A case study

Lymphology

Volumn 42, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 139-145

  Ward, Leigh C ^a,b   Battersby, K J ^a   Kilbreath, S L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Air travel; Impedance; Lymphedema monitoring; Self assessment

Indexed keywords

LETROZOLE; TAMOXIFEN;

ADULT; ARM SWELLING; ARTICLE; AVIATION; BREAST CANCER; CANCER SURGERY; CANCER SURVIVOR; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPRESSION GARMENT; EXERCISE; FEMALE; FLYING; HUMAN; LIMB; LYMPHATIC DRAINAGE; LYMPHEDEMA; MASTECTOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SELF EVALUATION;

AIRCRAFT; ARM; BREAST NEOPLASMS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; LYMPHEDEMA; MIDDLE AGED; RISK FACTORS; TRAVEL;

EID: 70350710436     PISSN: 00247766     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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