Nutritional status and quality of life (QoL) studies among leukemic children at Pediatric Institute, Hospital Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

Asian Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 62-70

  Syahrul Bariah, A H ^a   Roslee, R ^b   Zahara, A M ^b   Norazmir, N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITI TEKNOLOGI MARA   (Malaysia)

^b UNIVERSITI KEBANGSAAN MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Anthropometry; Clinical nutrition; Leukemia; Protein energy malnutrition; Quality of life

Indexed keywords

EID: 80055078752     PISSN: 19921470     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3923/ajcn.2011.62.70     Document Type: Article

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