Leaving home after cancer in childhood: A measure of social independence in early adulthood

Pediatric Blood and Cancer

Volumn 47, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 61-70

  Koch, Susanne Vinkel ^a,b   Kejs, Anne Mette Tranberg ^c   Engholm, Gerda ^c   Møller, Henrik ^d   Johansen, Christoffer ^b   Schmiegelow, Kjeld ^a  

^a Rigshospitalet   (Denmark)

^b INSTITUTE OF CANCER EPIDEMIOLOGY   (Denmark)

^c DANISH CANCER SOCIETY RESEARCH CENTER   (Denmark)

^d KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Adolescence; Childhood cancer; Cohort studies; Registries; Social adjustment; Socioeconomic factors

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENCE; ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER REGISTRY; CANCER SURVIVOR; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM TUMOR; CHILDHOOD CANCER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENMARK; FAMILY; FEMALE; HEMATOLOGIC MALIGNANCY; HUMAN; INDEPENDENCE; LEUKEMIA; LYMPHOMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POPULATION BASED CASE CONTROL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIAL ADAPTATION; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIOECONOMICS; SOLID TUMOR;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; DENMARK; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; MALE; NEOPLASMS; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; RISK; SOCIAL ADJUSTMENT; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SURVIVORS;

EID: 33646894521     PISSN: 15455009     EISSN: 15455017     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pbc.20827     Document Type: Article

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