Childhood cancer: A two-year prospective study of the psychological adjustment of children and parents

Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry

Volumn 36, Issue 12, 1997, Pages 1736-1743

  Sawyer, Michael ^a   Antoniou, Georgia ^a   Toogood, Ian ^b   Rice, Michael ^b  

^a WOMEN S AND CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Adolescent; Cancer; Child; Psychology

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILDHOOD CANCER; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COPING BEHAVIOR; EMOTIONAL STRESS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PARENTAL BEHAVIOR; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0030830950     PISSN: 08908567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00004583-199712000-00022     Document Type: Article

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