Harvest for health gardening intervention feasibility study in cancer survivors

Acta Oncologica

Volumn 52, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 1110-1118

  Blair, Cindy K ^a   Madan Swain, Avi ^a,b   Locher, Julie L ^b,c   Desmond, Renee A ^b,c   De Los Santos, Jennifer ^a,b   Affuso, Olivia ^a   Glover, Tony ^d   Smith, Kerry ^d   Carley, Joseph ^e   Lipsitz, Mindy ^e   Sharma, Ayushe ^e   Krontiras, Helen ^b,f   Cantor, Alan ^b,c   Demark Wahnefried, Wendy ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^c University of Alabama at Birmingham   (United States)

^d AUBURN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^f University of Alabama at Birmingham   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; BREAST CANCER; CANCER SURVIVOR; CHILD; CHILDHOOD CANCER; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMORBIDITY; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; FOOD INTAKE; FRUIT; FUNCTIONAL STATUS; GARDENING; HARVEST; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MALE; OBESITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE CANCER; QUALITY OF LIFE; SCHOOL CHILD; STOMACH ULCER; VEGETABLE; VEGETABLE GARDENING INTERVENTION; AGILITY; ENDURANCE; FOLLOW UP; HAND GRIP; MUSCLE STRENGTH; PILOT STUDY;

DIET; EXERCISE; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; GARDENING; HUMANS; NEOPLASMS; SURVIVORS;

EID: 84880264119     PISSN: 0284186X     EISSN: 1651226X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/0284186X.2013.770165     Document Type: Article

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