Health-status of adult survivors of childhood cancer: A large-scale population-based study from the British Childhood Cancer Survivor Study

International Journal of Cancer

Volumn 121, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 633-640

  Reulen, Raoul C ^a   Winter, David L ^a   Lancashire, Emma R ^a   Zeegers, Maurice P ^a,b   Jenney, Meriel E ^c   Walters, Stephen J ^d   Jenkinson, Crispin ^e   Hawkins, Mike M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^c CHILDREN S HOSPITAL FOR WALES   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Childhood cancer survivors; Epidemiology; Health status; SF 36

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BONE TUMOR; CANCER SURVIVOR; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM TUMOR; CHILDHOOD CANCER; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIPLE REGRESSION; PERCEPTION; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCORING SYSTEM; SELF REPORT; SHORT FORM 36; UNITED KINGDOM; WALKING;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SELF ASSESSMENT (PSYCHOLOGY); SURVIVORS;

EID: 34250839958     PISSN: 00207136     EISSN: 10970215     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ijc.22658     Document Type: Article

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