Lymphedema: Role of Truncal Clearance as a Therapy Component

Home Health Care Management & Practice

Volumn 21, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 325-337

  Mayrovitz, Harvey N ^a   Brown Cross, Dawn ^a   Mayrovitz, Barbara L ^b   Golla, Alison H ^c  

^a NOVA SOUTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Home Health Service ^*

^c SYSTEMS TECHNOLOGY INC   (United States)

Author keywords

breast cancer; cancer complications; lymphedema; lymphedema management; lymphedema therapy

Indexed keywords

EID: 84992905379     PISSN: 10848223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1084822309331484     Document Type: Article

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