Marriage and divorce among young adult cancer survivors

Journal of Cancer Survivorship

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 441-450

  Kirchhoff, Anne C ^a,b   Yi, Jaehee ^b,c   Wright, Jennifer ^a,b,d   Warner, Echo L ^b   Smith, Ken R ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF UTAH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

^d PRIMARY CHILDREN'S MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Cancer survivorship; Divorce; Marriage; Young adult cancer survivors

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; DIVORCE; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; MALE; MARRIAGE; MORTALITY; NEOPLASM; ONSET AGE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SOCIAL CLASS; STATISTICS; SURVIVOR;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE OF ONSET; DIVORCE; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; MALE; MARITAL STATUS; MARRIAGE; NEOPLASMS; SOCIAL CLASS; SURVIVORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84870353212     PISSN: 19322259     EISSN: 19322267     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11764-012-0238-6     Document Type: Article

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