Information booklet for parents of children surviving cancer

Leukemia

Volumn 11, Issue 11, 1997, Pages 1799-1806

  Van Dongen Melman, J E W M ^a  

^a SOPHIA CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Childhood cancer; Family; Late psychosocial consequences; Long term survivors; Quality of life

Indexed keywords

CANCER SURVIVAL; CHILDHOOD CANCER; EMOTION; HEALTH CARE; HUMAN; MEDICAL INFORMATION; PARENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; REVIEW; SIBLING; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 0030658817     PISSN: 08876924     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.leu.2400830     Document Type: Review

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