A qualitative exploration of health perceptions and behaviors among adult survivors of childhood cancers

Journal of Cancer Education

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 211-215

  Park, Elyse B ^a   Emmons, Karen M ^b,c   Malloy, Neil W ^b   Seifer, Eugenie ^b  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b DANA FARBER CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER RISK; CANCER SURVIVAL; CHILDHOOD CANCER; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH HAZARD; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MALE; PHYSICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; SMOKING;

ADULT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; INTERNAL-EXTERNAL CONTROL; INTERVIEWS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SELF CONCEPT; SMOKING; SURVIVORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0036931913     PISSN: 08858195     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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