Nutritional consequences of radiotherapy in nasopharynx cancer patients

Nutrition and Cancer

Volumn 49, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 156-161

  Ng, Kenway ^a   Leung, Sing Fai ^a   Johnson, Philip J ^a   Woo, Jean ^a,b  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BASAL METABOLIC RATE; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY WEIGHT; CALORIC INTAKE; CALORIMETRY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIETARY INTAKE; DUAL ENERGY X RAY ABSORPTIOMETRY; ENERGY BALANCE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEAN BODY WEIGHT; MALE; NASOPHARYNX CANCER; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

EID: 8444246264     PISSN: 01635581     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1207/s15327914nc4902_6     Document Type: Article

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