Parental perceptions of health-related quality of life in children with leukemia in the second week after the diagnosis: A quantitative model

Supportive Care in Cancer

Volumn 19, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 591-598

  Tremolada, Marta ^a   Bonichini, Sabrina ^a   Altoè, GianMarco ^a   Pillon, Marta ^b   Carli, Modesto ^b   Weisner, Thomas S ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Children; HRQL; Leukemia

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO ILLNESS; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CHILD; CHILD HOSPITALIZATION; CHILD PARENT RELATION; CHILDHOOD CANCER; CONTROLLED STUDY; COPING BEHAVIOR; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; INTERVIEW; LEUKEMIA; MALE; PARENTAL ATTITUDE; PERCEPTION; PREDICTION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SCHOOL CHILD; TRUST;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DATA COLLECTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; LEUKEMIA; MALE; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; PARENTS; QUALITY OF LIFE;

EID: 79958242412     PISSN: 09414355     EISSN: 14337339     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00520-010-0854-5     Document Type: Article

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