Heart rate variability and length of survival in hospice cancer patients

Journal of Korean Medical Science

Volumn 25, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 1140-1145

  Kim, Do Hoon ^a   Kim, Jeong A ^a   Choi, Youn Seon ^a   Kim, Su Hyun ^a   Lee, June Young ^a   Kim, Young Eun ^a  

^a Korea University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Heart rate variability; Life expectancy; Prognosis; Terminal care

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HOSPICE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NEOPLASM; PHYSIOLOGY; PROGNOSIS; SURVIVAL; TERMINAL CARE;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HOSPICES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NEOPLASMS; PROGNOSIS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TERMINAL CARE;

EID: 77956603280     PISSN: 10118934     EISSN: 15986357     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3346/jkms.2010.25.8.1140     Document Type: Article

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