Attention mediates radiation's impact on daily living skills in children treated for brain tumors

Pediatric Blood and Cancer

Volumn 50, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 1253-1257

  Papazoglou, Aimilia ^a   King, Tricia Z ^a   Morris, Robin D ^a   Morris, Mary K ^a   Krawiecki, Nicolas S ^b  

^a GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Adaptive behavior; Attention; Brain tumor; Pediatric; Radiation

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; BRAIN THIRD VENTRICLE; BRAIN TUMOR; CEREBELLUM TUMOR; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION RESPONSE;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; ATTENTION; CEREBELLAR NEOPLASMS; CEREBRAL VENTRICLE NEOPLASMS; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COGNITION; CRANIAL IRRADIATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTELLIGENCE; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS;

EID: 42349109547     PISSN: 15455009     EISSN: 15455017     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pbc.21495     Document Type: Article

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