Delineating the age ranges used to define adolescents and young adults

Journal of Clinical Oncology

Volumn 29, Issue 16, 2011, Pages

  Geiger, Ann M ^a   Castellino, Sharon M ^a  

^a WAKE FOREST SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT DISEASE; ADULT; ADULT DISEASE; AGE; CANCER EPIDEMIOLOGY; CANCER SURVIVAL; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; HUMAN; LETTER; NEOPLASM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOSOCIAL DEVELOPMENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT MEDICINE; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; HUMANS; MEDICAL ONCOLOGY; NEOPLASMS; SEER PROGRAM; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79957957047     PISSN: 0732183X     EISSN: 15277755     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1200/JCO.2011.35.5602     Document Type: Letter

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