Validation of modified forms of the PedsQL generic core scales and cancer module scales for adolescents and young adults (AYA) with cancer or a blood disorder

Quality of Life Research

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 231-244

  Ewing, Jane E ^a   King, Madeleine T ^b,c   Smith, Narelle F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Adolescents; Blood disorder; Cancer; Proxy; Quality of life; Validation studies

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; HEMATOLOGIC DISEASES; HUMANS; NEOPLASMS; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 59849115566     PISSN: 09629343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11136-008-9424-4     Document Type: Article

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