Brief report: Does posttraumatic stress apply to siblings of childhood cancer survivors?

Journal of Pediatric Psychology

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 281-286

  Alderfer, Melissa A ^a   Labay, Larissa E ^a   Kazak, Anne E ^a,b  

^a CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF PHILADELPHIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescents; Cancer survivors; Posttraumatic stress; Siblings

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILDHOOD CANCER; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PERCEPTION; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; SELF REPORT; SIBLING;

ADOLESCENT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NEOPLASMS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SIBLINGS; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; SURVIVORS;

EID: 0037573316     PISSN: 01468693     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jpepsy/jsg016     Document Type: Article

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