Can health beliefs help in explaining attendance to follow-up care? the Swiss Childhood Cancer Survivor Study

Psycho-Oncology

Volumn 20, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 1034-1043

  Michel, Gisela ^a   Kuehni, Claudia E ^a   Rebholz, Cornelia E ^a   Zimmermann, Karin ^a   Eiser, Christine ^b   Rueegg, Corina S ^a   Von Der Weid, Nicolas X ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^c LAUSANNE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

childhood cancer; cohort study; follow up; health beliefs; oncology

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT;

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BONE MARROW TRANSPLANTATION; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER REGISTRY; CANCER RELAPSE; CANCER SURVIVOR; CHILDHOOD CANCER; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH BELIEF; HEALTH BELIEF MODEL; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PATIENT EDUCATION; QUESTIONNAIRE; SURVIVAL TIME; SWITZERLAND;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SURVIVORS; SWITZERLAND; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 80053362685     PISSN: 10579249     EISSN: 10991611     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pon.1823     Document Type: Article

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