Commentary: Understanding risk behavior among adolescent cancer survivors -Are they more like healthy adolescents or is cancer a teachable moment? A commentary on klosky and colleagues' article on health behaviors in survivors of childhood cancer and their siblings

Journal of Pediatric Psychology

Volumn 37, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 647-649

  George, Stephanie M ^a   Smith, Ashley Wilder ^a  

^a NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

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Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; NEOPLASM; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SIBLING; SURVIVOR;

ADOLESCENT; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; NEOPLASMS; RISK-TAKING; SIBLINGS; SURVIVORS;

EID: 84863307913     PISSN: 01468693     EISSN: 1465735X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jpepsy/jss064     Document Type: Note

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