School attendance in childhood cancer survivors and their siblings

Journal of Pediatrics

Volumn 162, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 160-165

  French, Amy E ^a   Tsangaris, Elena ^a   Barrera, Maru ^a   Guger, Sharon ^a   Brown, Robert ^b   Urbach, Stacey ^a   Stephens, Derek ^a   Nathan, Paul C ^a  

^a HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (Canada)

^b TORONTO DISTRICT SCHOOL BOARD   (Canada)

Author keywords

Pediatric Quality of Life Inventory; PedsQL; TDSB; Toronto District School Board

Indexed keywords

ABSENTEEISM; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER SURVIVOR; CHILD; CHILDHOOD CANCER; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EMOTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE INDEX; SCHOOL CHILD; SIBLING; SOCIAL INTERACTION;

ABSENTEEISM; ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NEOPLASMS; SCHOOLS; SIBLINGS; SURVIVORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84871382346     PISSN: 00223476     EISSN: 10976833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpeds.2012.06.066     Document Type: Article

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