Seminars in Oncology Nursing
Volume 23, Issue 2 , Pages 99-105 , May 2007

Is There a Biological Basis for the Clustering of Symptoms?

  • Christine Miaskowski

      Affiliations

    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress correspondence to Dr. Christine Miaskowski, Department of Physiological Nursing, University of California, 2 Koret Way – Box 0610, San Francisco, CA 94143-0610
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  • Bradley E. Aouizerat

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 Supported in part by grants from the National Cancer Institute, the National Institute of Nursing Research, the Academic Senate of the University of California, San Francisco and the Oncology Nursing Society.

PII: S0749-2081(07)00018-6

doi: 10.1016/j.soncn.2007.01.008

Seminars in Oncology Nursing
Volume 23, Issue 2 , Pages 99-105 , May 2007

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