Elementary School-Age Children's Developmental Understanding of the Causes of Cancer

Journal of Developmental and Behavioral Pediatrics

Volumn 19, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 397-403

  Chin, Deanna G ^d   Schonfeld, David J ^c   O'Hare, Linda L ^d   Mayne, Susan T ^d   Salovey, Peter ^d   Showalter, Donald R ^a   Cicchetti, Domenic V ^b  

^a VA CONNECTICUT HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d NONE

Author keywords

Cancer; Cancer education; Conceptual development; Health education; Illness concept

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD PSYCHOLOGY; COGNITION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NEOPLASM;

CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD PSYCHOLOGY; COGNITION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NEOPLASMS;

EID: 0032254337     PISSN: 0196206X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00004703-199812000-00002     Document Type: Article

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