Self and proxy-reported health status and health-related quality of life in survivors of childhood cancer in Uruguay

Pediatric Blood and Cancer

Volumn 50, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 838-843

  Fluchel, Mark ^a   Horsman, John R ^b,c   Furlong, William ^b,c   Castillo, Luis ^d   Alfonz, Yasmine ^d   Barr, Ronald D ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c Health Utilities Incorporated   (Canada)

^d Centro Hospitalario Pereira Rossell   (Uruguay)

^e MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cancer; Childhood; HRQL; Survivors

Indexed keywords

ACUTE LYMPHOBLASTIC LEUKEMIA; ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CANCER SURVIVOR; CHILD; CHILDHOOD CANCER; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; LANGUAGE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PARENT; PHYSICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCORING SYSTEM; SELF REPORT; TEACHER; TREATMENT OUTCOME; URUGUAY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HUMANS; MALE; NEOPLASMS; OBSERVER VARIATION; PARENTS; PHYSICIANS; PROXY; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; REGISTRIES; SURVIVORS; URUGUAY;

EID: 40449122787     PISSN: 15455009     EISSN: 15455017     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pbc.21299     Document Type: Article

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