Quality of life research in pediatric oncology: Research methods and barriers

Cancer

Volumn 78, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 1333-1339

  Bradlyn, Andrew S ^a   Ritchey, A Kim ^b   Harris, Carole V ^a   Moore, Ida M ^c   O'Brien, Richard T ^d   Parsons, Susan K ^e   Patterson, Katherine ^f   Pollock, Brad H ^g  

^a WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF UTAH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^f University of Missouri   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANCER SURVIVAL; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILDHOOD CANCER; CLINICAL RESEARCH; CLINICAL TRIAL; HEALTH CARE FINANCING; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; HEALTH CARE RATIONING; HUMAN DEVELOPMENT; HUMANS; INTERVENTION STUDIES; NEOPLASMS; PATIENT EDUCATION; PEDIATRICS; POLICY MAKING; PROFESSIONAL-PATIENT RELATIONS; PROGNOSIS; PUBLIC POLICY; QUALITY OF LIFE; RESEARCH; RESEARCH DESIGN; RESEARCH SUPPORT; STATISTICS; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0029830008     PISSN: 0008543X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0142(19960915)78:6<1333::AID-CNCR24>3.0.CO;2-0     Document Type: Article

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