Swedish mothers and fathers of a child diagnosed with cancer: A look at their quality of life

Acta Oncologica

Volumn 43, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 474-479

  Von Essen, Louise ^a   Sjödén, Per Olow ^a   Mattsson, Elisabet ^a  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER THERAPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; EMOTIONAL STABILITY; FAMILY LIFE; FATIGUE; FEMALE; HEADACHE; HUMAN; IRRITABILITY; MALE; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; MENTAL HEALTH; PATERNAL BEHAVIOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; RESTLESSNESS; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL ASPECT; SWEDEN; WELLBEING;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; NEOPLASMS; PARENTS; QUALITY OF LIFE; SEX FACTORS; SWEDEN;

EID: 3843123247     PISSN: 0284186X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02841860410029348     Document Type: Article

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