Dietary changes among breast cancer patients in Malaysia

Cancer Nursing

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 131-138

  Shaharudin, Soraya Hanie ^a   Sulaiman, Suhaina ^a   Shahril, Mohd Razif ^a,b   Emran, Nor Aina ^c   Akmal, Sharifah Noor ^d  

^a UNIVERSITI KEBANGSAAN MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

^b UNIVERSITI SULTAN ZAINAL ABIDIN   (Malaysia)

^c HOSPITAL KUALA LUMPUR   (Malaysia)

^d UNIVERSITI KEBANGSAAN MALAYSIA MEDICAL CENTER   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; ASCORBIC ACID; BETA CAROTENE; CARBOHYDRATE; FAT; MONOUNSATURATED FATTY ACID; POLYUNSATURATED FATTY ACID; PROTEIN; SATURATED FATTY ACID;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CALORIC INTAKE; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER THERAPY; DIETARY INTAKE; DIETITIAN; EATING HABIT; FAMILY; FEMALE; FISH; FOOD FREQUENCY QUESTIONNAIRE; FRUIT; HUMAN; LIFESTYLE MODIFICATION; LOW FAT DIET; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALAYSIA; MASS MEDIUM; MILK; PHYSICIAN; POULTRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECALL; RED MEAT; SEA FOOD; VEGETABLE;

ADULT; AGED; BREAST NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; FOOD HABITS; FRUIT; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HOSPITALS, UNIVERSITY; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LIFE STYLE; MALAYSIA; MIDDLE AGED; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; VEGETABLES;

EID: 84874256952     PISSN: 0162220X     EISSN: 15389804     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/NCC.0b013e31824062d1     Document Type: Article

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