Challenges to behavioral research in oncology

Cancer Practice

Volumn 4, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 267-273

  Mock, Victoria ^a,c   Hill, Martha N ^b   Dienemann, Jacqueline A ^b   Grimm, Patricia M ^b   Shivnan, Jane C ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Johns Hopkins Oncology Center ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

accrual; attrition; behavioral research; institutional review board; multidisciplinary team; oncology; psychosocial research

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BEHAVIORAL SCIENCE; CANCER; HUMAN; MEDICAL PSYCHOLOGY;

BEHAVIORAL SCIENCES; HUMANS; MEDICAL ONCOLOGY; NEOPLASMS; RESEARCH DESIGN;

EID: 0029745307     PISSN: 10654704     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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