Nutritional assessment of cancer patients in Tehran, Iran

Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 1621-1626

  Khoshnevis, N ^a   Ahmadizar, F ^a   Alizadeh, M ^b   Akbari, M E ^c  

^a Ministry Of Health NCRUD Center   (Iran)

^b TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^c SHAHID BEHESHTI UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Cancer; Iran; Malnutrition; Scored patient generated subjective global assessment; Weight loss

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANOREXIA; ARTICLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEPRESSION; EATING; FEMALE; HUMAN; IRAN; MALE; MALNUTRITION; MIDDLE AGED; NAUSEA; NEOPLASM; NUTRITIONAL ASSESSMENT; PAIN; PREVALENCE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; WEIGHT REDUCTION; XEROSTOMIA;

ADULT; AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANOREXIA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEPRESSION; EATING; FEMALE; HUMANS; IRAN; MALE; MALNUTRITION; MIDDLE AGED; NAUSEA; NEOPLASMS; NUTRITION ASSESSMENT; PAIN; PREVALENCE; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; WEIGHT LOSS; XEROSTOMIA;

EID: 84873041499     PISSN: 15137368     EISSN: 2476762X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7314/APJCP.2012.13.4.1621     Document Type: Article

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