Health-related quality of life in children with newly diagnosed cancer: A one year follow-up study

Health and Quality of Life Outcomes

Volumn 4, Issue , 2006, Pages

  Landolt, Markus A ^a   Vollrath, Margarete ^b,c   Niggli, Felix K ^a   Gnehm, Hanspeter E ^d   Sennhauser, Felix H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

^b NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Norway)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^d Children's Hospital Aarau   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADJUSTMENT; ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BRAIN TUMOR; BRIEF SYMPTOM INVENTORY; CHILD; CHILDHOOD CANCER; COGNITION; EMOTION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FUNCTIONAL STATUS; HUMAN; LEUKEMIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PARENTAL ATTITUDE; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; QUALITY OF LIFE; SELF REPORT; SOCIAL INTERACTION; SOCIOECONOMICS; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; COMPARATIVE STUDY; PARENT; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOMETRY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SICKNESS IMPACT PROFILE; SWITZERLAND;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADOLESCENT; CHILD; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LEUKEMIA; MALE; PARENTS; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SICKNESS IMPACT PROFILE; SWITZERLAND;

EID: 33750340541     PISSN: 14777525     EISSN: 14777525     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1477-7525-4-63     Document Type: Article

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