Does childhood cancer affect parental divorce rates? A population-based study

Journal of Clinical Oncology

Volumn 28, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 872-877

  Syse, Astri ^a   Loge, Jon H ^a   Lyngstad, Torkild H ^a  

^a OSLO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN CANCER; CANCER STAGING; CHILD; CHILD DEATH; CHILDHOOD CANCER; DIVORSE; HUMAN; INFANT; LEGAL PROCEDURE; MARRIAGE; NEPHROBLASTOMA; NEWBORN; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; COST OF ILLNESS; DIVORCE; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FAMILY RELATION; HEALTH SURVEY; MENTAL STRESS; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; NEOPLASM; NORWAY; ONSET AGE; PATHOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REGISTER; RISK; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICAL MODEL; TIME;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE OF ONSET; AGED; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COST OF ILLNESS; DIVORCE; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FAMILY RELATIONS; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; LOGISTIC MODELS; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM STAGING; NEOPLASMS; NORWAY; ODDS RATIO; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PROGNOSIS; REGISTRIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; TIME FACTORS; WILMS TUMOR; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77649217228     PISSN: 0732183X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1200/JCO.2009.24.0556     Document Type: Article

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