Pre-school children's understanding of cancer: The impact of parental teaching and life experience

Journal of Child Health Care

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 24-34

  Varkula, Lindsay C ^a   Resler, Rose M ^b   Schulze, Pamela A ^b   McCue, Kathleen ^c  

^a CLEVELAND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AKRON   (United States)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Cancer; Childhood; Parents

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHILD PSYCHOLOGY; COMPREHENSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MALE; NEOPLASM; PARENT; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; TEACHING;

CHILD PSYCHOLOGY; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMPREHENSION; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; NEOPLASMS; PARENTS; QUESTIONNAIRES; TEACHING;

EID: 77950362275     PISSN: 13674935     EISSN: 17412889     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1367493509347115     Document Type: Article

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