Quality of life in pediatric cancer patients: The relationships among parents' characteristics, children's characteristics, and informant concordance

Journal of Child and Family Studies

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 402-426

  Roddenberry, Angela ^a   Renk, Kimberly ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Cancer; Children; Parents; Psychological Symptoms; Quality of Life

Indexed keywords

EID: 43449096021     PISSN: 10621024     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10826-007-9155-0     Document Type: Article

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