Childhood cancer: A 4-year prospective study of the psychological adjustment of children and parents

American Journal of Pediatric Hematology/Oncology

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 214-220

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^b Centre for Medical Genetics   (United States)

Author keywords

Cancer; Children; Parents; Psychological

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILDHOOD CANCER; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; FAMILY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INSOMNIA; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; PARENTAL BEHAVIOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIAL DISABILITY;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; AFFECTIVE SYMPTOMS; AGE FACTORS; ANXIETY; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR DISORDERS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DEPRESSION; FATHERS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MOTHERS; NEOPLASMS; PARENTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUESTIONNAIRES; SLEEP INITIATION AND MAINTENANCE DISORDERS; SOUTH AUSTRALIA; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; SURVIVORS;

EID: 0034454534     PISSN: 01928562     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00043426-200005000-00006     Document Type: Article

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