Quality of life in children newly diagnosed with cancer and their mothers

Health and Quality of Life Outcomes

Volumn 3, Issue , 2005, Pages

  Eiser, Christine ^a   Eiser, J Richard ^a   Stride, Christopher B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cancer; Childhood; Proxy ratings; Quality of life

Indexed keywords

ACUTE LYMPHOBLASTIC LEUKEMIA; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BONE TUMOR; BRAIN TUMOR; CHILD; CHILDHOOD CANCER; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION FUNCTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; MATERNAL CARE; POPULATION RESEARCH; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RATING SCALE; SCORING SYSTEM; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; ANXIETY; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CLASSIFICATION; CUSTODY; MOTHER; NEOPLASM; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SICKNESS IMPACT PROFILE; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADOLESCENT; ANXIETY; BONE NEOPLASMS; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MALE; MOTHERS; NEOPLASMS; PRECURSOR CELL LYMPHOBLASTIC LEUKEMIA-LYMPHOMA; PROXY; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SICKNESS IMPACT PROFILE;

EID: 27344433293     PISSN: 14777525     EISSN: 14777525     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1477-7525-3-29     Document Type: Article

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