Development and testing of a cancer appetite and symptom questionnaire

Journal of Human Nutrition and Dietetics

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 217-224

  Halliday, V ^a   Porock, D ^b   Arthur, A ^b   Manderson, C ^c   Wilcock, A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^c NOTTINGHAM UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Anorexia; Appetite; Cachexia; Cancer; Malnutrition; Symptoms; Weight loss

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; APPETITE; ARTICLE; CACHEXIA; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUNGER; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM; NUTRITIONAL ASSESSMENT; QUESTIONNAIRE; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STANDARD; VALIDATION STUDY; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; APPETITE; CACHEXIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; HUNGER; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; NUTRITION ASSESSMENT; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; WEIGHT LOSS;

EID: 84860991231     PISSN: 09523871     EISSN: 1365277X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-277X.2012.01233.x     Document Type: Article

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