Cancer nursing research output in Africa 2005 to 2014: An integrative review

Cancer Nursing

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2017, Pages E36-E44

  Maree, Johanna Elizabeth ^a   Herbert, Vivien ^a   Huiskamp, Agnes Alice ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Africa; Integrative review; Nursing research output

Indexed keywords

AFRICA; BREAST CANCER; CANCER PAIN; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER PREVENTION; CANCER RESEARCH; CINAHL; COMMUNITY; DATA COLLECTION METHOD; DATA EXTRACTION; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; EXTENDED FAMILY; FAMILY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; MEDLINE; NEOPLASM; NURSE; NURSING RESEARCH; ONCOLOGY NURSING; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SCOPUS; SYMPTOM; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TELETHERAPY; UTERINE CERVIX CANCER; WEB OF SCIENCE; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

AFRICA; HUMANS; NURSING RESEARCH; ONCOLOGY NURSING;

EID: 84957825158     PISSN: 0162220X     EISSN: 15389804     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/NCC.0000000000000334     Document Type: Review

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