Validation of the Children's International Mucositis Evaluation Scale (ChIMES) in paediatric cancer and SCT

British Journal of Cancer

Volumn 109, Issue 10, 2013, Pages 2515-2522

  Jacobs, S ^a   Baggott, C ^b   Agarwal, R ^c   Hesser, T ^d   Schechter, T ^d,e   Judd, P ^d   Tomlinson, D ^d   Beyene, J ^d,f   Sung, L ^d,e  

^a CHILDREN'S NATIONAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b School of Nursing   (United States)

^c LUCILE PACKARD CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (Canada)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^f MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DOXORUBICIN; METHOTREXATE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILDHOOD CANCER; CHILDREN INTERNATIONAL MUCOSITIS EVALUATION SCALE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; NEWBORN; ORAL MUCOSITIS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RATING SCALE; RELIABILITY; SCHOOL CHILD; SELF REPORT; STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; VALIDITY; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MOUTH MUCOSA; MUCOSITIS; MYELOABLATIVE AGONISTS; NEOPLASMS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; STOMATITIS; TRANSPLANTATION CONDITIONING;

EID: 84887834061     PISSN: 00070920     EISSN: 15321827     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/bjc.2013.618     Document Type: Article

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