Educational attainment among adult survivors of childhood cancer in great britain: A population-based cohort study

Journal of the National Cancer Institute

Volumn 102, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 254-270

  Lancashire, E R ^a   Frobisher, C ^a   Reulen, R C ^a   Winter, D L ^a   Glaser, A ^b   Hawkins, M M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b ST JAMES S UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER SURVIVOR; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM TUMOR; CHILDHOOD CANCER; CONTROLLED STUDY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEUKEMIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKULL IRRADIATION; STRUCTURED QUESTIONNAIRE; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COHORT STUDIES; CRANIAL IRRADIATION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; MALE; NEOPLASMS; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SURVIVORS; TIME FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77649246009     PISSN: 00278874     EISSN: 14602105     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jnci/djp498     Document Type: Article

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