Symptom clusters in children

Current Opinion in Supportive and Palliative Care

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 67-72

  Rodgers, Cheryl C ^a   Hooke, Mary C ^b   Hockenberry, Marilyn J ^c  

^a TEXAS CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^c DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Pediatric; Symptom; Symptom clusters

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ANXIETY; BIBLIOGRAPHIC DATABASE; CHILD; CHRONIC DISEASE; DEPRESSION; FATIGUE; HUMAN; ILLNESS BEHAVIOR; PAIN; PEDIATRICS; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITY OF LIFE; REVIEW; SICKNESS IMPACT PROFILE; SLEEP DISORDER; SYNDROME;

ADOLESCENT; ANXIETY; CHILD; CHRONIC DISEASE; DATABASES, BIBLIOGRAPHIC; DEPRESSION; FATIGUE; HUMANS; ILLNESS BEHAVIOR; PAIN; PEDIATRICS; QUALITY OF LIFE; SICKNESS IMPACT PROFILE; SLEEP DISORDERS; SYNDROME;

EID: 84876465815     PISSN: 17514258     EISSN: 17514266     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/SPC.0b013e32835ad551     Document Type: Review

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