Long-term population-based divorce rates among adult survivors of childhood cancer in Britain

Pediatric Blood and Cancer

Volumn 54, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 116-122

  Frobisher, Clare ^a   Lancashire, Emma R ^a   Winter, David L ^a   Taylor, Aliki J ^a   Reulen, Raoul C ^a   Hawkins, Michael M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Childhood cancer; Divorce; Late effects; Marriage; Separation; Survivorship

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT;

ACUTE LYMPHOBLASTIC LEUKEMIA; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; BRAIN CANCER; CANCER SURVIVAL; CANCER SURVIVOR; CHILDHOOD CANCER; COHORT ANALYSIS; DIVORCE; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HODGKIN DISEASE; HUMAN; LEUKEMIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MARRIAGE; NEPHROBLASTOMA; NEUROBLASTOMA; NONHODGKIN LYMPHOMA; OSTEOSARCOMA; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RETINOBLASTOMA; RISK; SOFT TISSUE SARCOMA; UNITED KINGDOM; ADOLESCENT; CHILD; INFANT; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM; NEWBORN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROGNOSIS; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICS; SURVIVAL RATE; SURVIVOR;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIVORCE; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MARITAL STATUS; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; PROGNOSIS; RISK FACTORS; SURVIVAL RATE; SURVIVORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 73349135365     PISSN: 15455009     EISSN: 15455017     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pbc.22290     Document Type: Article

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