Brief report: Health beliefs among survivors of childhood cancer

Journal of Pediatric Psychology

Volumn 29, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 397-402

  Tercyak, Kenneth P ^a   Nicolas, Marsha ^a   Councill, Tracy ^a   Prahlad, Sowmya ^a   Taylor, Kathryn L ^a   Shad, Aziza T ^a  

^a GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cancer survivors; Health behaviors; Health beliefs; Pediatric cancer; Screening

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER SCREENING; CASE REPORT; CHILDHOOD CANCER; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; PATIENT; SCHOOL CHILD; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; VALIDATION PROCESS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHILD; CULTURE; DISEASE-FREE SURVIVAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MASS SCREENING; NEOPLASMS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SURVIVORS; TOBACCO USE DISORDER;

EID: 3042720626     PISSN: 01468693     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jpepsy/jsh043     Document Type: Article

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