Nutritional consequences in children undergoing chemotherapy for malignant disease

Background: Chemotherapy has side effects that may interfere with food intake. Children suffering from a malignant disease are subjected to treatment with chemotherapy. They may therefore become at risk of undernutrition during the period of treatment. This in turn may increase the risk of infection...

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Main Author: Skolin, Inger
Format: Doctoral Thesis
Language:English
Published: Umeå universitet, Pediatrik 2005
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Online Access:http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:umu:diva-617
http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:isbn:91-7305-943-9

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