Short-term and long-term elderly cancer survivors: A population-based comparative and controlled study of morbidity, psychosocial situation, and lifestyle

European Journal of Oncology Nursing

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 213-220

  Grov, Ellen Karine ^a,b   Fosså, Sophie D ^a,c   Dahl, Alv A ^a,c  

^a OSLO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH EASTERN NORWAY   (Norway)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

Author keywords

Lifestyle; Morbidity; Oncology nursing; Short and long cancer survivorship

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; FEMALE; HEALTH; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; LIFESTYLE; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; MORBIDITY; NEOPLASM; NORWAY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SURVIVOR; TIME;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; LIFE STYLE; MALE; MORBIDITY; NEOPLASMS; NORWAY; RURAL HEALTH; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; SURVIVORS; TIME FACTORS; URBAN HEALTH;

EID: 79956368228     PISSN: 14623889     EISSN: 15322122     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejon.2010.06.011     Document Type: Article

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