The benefit of the neutropenic diet: Fact or fiction?

Oncologist

Volumn 16, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 704-707

  Jubelirer, Steven J ^a  

^a WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Clinical trials; Food guidelines; Neutropenia; Neutropenic diet

Indexed keywords

PLACEBO;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL TRANSLOCATION; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER PATIENT; CELLULAR IMMUNITY; DIET; FOOD AVERSION; FOOD COMPOSITION; FOOD SAFETY; GASTROINTESTINAL SYMPTOM; HUMAN; INFECTION PREVENTION; MALNUTRITION; NEUTROPENIA; NEUTROPENIC DIET; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; VITAMIN DEFICIENCY;

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS; BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; DIET; HUMANS; NEOPLASMS; NEUTROPENIA;

EID: 79956274050     PISSN: 10837159     EISSN: 1549490X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1634/theoncologist.2011-0001     Document Type: Article

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