Health-related quality of life in survivors of childhood cancer: The role of chronic health problems

Journal of Cancer Survivorship

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 511-522

  Rueegg, Corina S ^a   Gianinazzi, Micol E ^a   Rischewski, Johannes ^b   Beck Popovic, Maja ^c   von der Weid, Nicolas X ^d   Michel, Gisela ^a,e   Kuehni, Claudia E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^b CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

^c LAUSANNE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

^d UNIVERSITY CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

^e UNIVERSITY OF LUCERNE   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Childhood cancer survivors; Chronic health problems; Cohort study; Health related quality of life; Questionnaire survey; SF 36

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHRONIC DISEASE; COMORBIDITY; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; MALE; MORTALITY; NEOPLASM; ONSET AGE; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SIBLING; STATISTICS; SURVIVOR; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; AGE OF ONSET; CHILD; CHRONIC DISEASE; COMORBIDITY; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; MALE; NEOPLASMS; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SIBLINGS; SURVIVORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84888290874     PISSN: 19322259     EISSN: 19322267     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11764-013-0288-4     Document Type: Article

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