Mothers' ratings of quality of life in childhood cancer: Initial optimism predicts improvement over time

Psychology and Health

Volumn 22, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 535-543

  Eiser, Christine ^a   Eiser, J Richard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Childhood cancer; Optimism; Quality of life; Retrospective and longitudinal assessment

Indexed keywords

EID: 34250315616     PISSN: 08870446     EISSN: 14768321     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14768320701202074     Document Type: Article

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