Health-related quality of life of food-insecure ethnic minority patients with cancer

Journal of Oncology Practice

Volumn 11, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 396-402

  Gany, Francesca ^a   Leng, Jennifer ^a   Ramirez, Julia ^a   Phillips, Serena ^a   Aragones, Abraham ^a   Roberts, Nicole ^a   Imran Mujawar, Mohammed ^a   Costas Muñiz, Rosario ^a  

^a MEMORIAL SLOAN KETTERING CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; CANCER SUSCEPTIBILITY; CANCER THERAPY; DIAGNOSIS; ETHNIC GROUP; FOOD INSECURITY; FOOD SECURITY; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEW YORK; QUALITY OF LIFE; WELLBEING; CATERING SERVICE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COHORT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MINORITY GROUP; MULTICENTER STUDY; NEOPLASM; PROCEDURES; PSYCHOLOGY;

COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; FOOD SUPPLY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MINORITY GROUPS; NEOPLASMS; QUALITY OF LIFE;

EID: 84976565333     PISSN: 15547477     EISSN: 1935469X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1200/JOP.2015.003962     Document Type: Article

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