The neutropenic diet reviewed: Moving toward a safe food handling approach

ONCOLOGY (United States)

Volumn 26, Issue 6, 2012, Pages

  Fox, Nicole ^a   Freifeld, Alison G ^b  

^a NEBRASKA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

ANTIBIOTIC PROPHYLAXIS; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ASEPSIS; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BACTEREMIA; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; DIET; DIET RESTRICTION; FEBRILE NEUTROPENIA; FOOD HANDLING; FOOD SAFETY; HEALTH CARE COST; HUMAN; NEUTROPENIC DIET; NEUTROPHIL COUNT; NONHUMAN; NUTRIENT MANAGEMENT; NUTRITIONAL HEALTH; PATIENT EDUCATION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; RAW FOOD; REVIEW; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 84874810260     PISSN: 08909091     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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