Quality of life and chemotherapy-related symptoms of Turkish cancer children undergoing chemotherapy

Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 1761-1768

  Arslan, Fatma Tas ^a   Basbakkal, Zumrut ^b   Kantar, Mehmet ^b  

^a SELCUK UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b EGE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Cancer; Chemotherapy; Children; Quality of life; Symptoms; Turkey

Indexed keywords

EID: 84880445317     PISSN: 15137368     EISSN: 2476762X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7314/APJCP.2013.14.3.1761     Document Type: Article

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