Family life events in the first year of acute lymphoblastic leukemia therapy: A children's oncology group report

Pediatric Blood and Cancer

Volumn 61, Issue 12, 2014, Pages 2277-2284

  Lau, Samantha ^a   Lu, Xiaomin ^b   Balsamo, Lyn ^a   Devidas, Meenakshi ^b   Winick, Naomi ^c   Hunger, Stephen P ^d   Carroll, William ^e   Stork, Linda ^f   Maloney, Kelly ^d   Kadan Lottick, Nina ^a,g  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^g YALE CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Family coping functioning; Leukemia; Pediatric cancer

Indexed keywords

CHILD; FAMILY RELATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INCOME; INFANT; LIFE EVENT; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MARRIAGE; MENTAL STRESS; PARENT; PRECURSOR CELL LYMPHOBLASTIC LEUKEMIA-LYMPHOMA; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PSYCHOLOGY;

CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FAMILY RELATIONS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INCOME; INFANT; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MARRIAGE; PARENTS; PRECURSOR CELL LYMPHOBLASTIC LEUKEMIA-LYMPHOMA; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 84911485590     PISSN: 15455009     EISSN: 15455017     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pbc.25195     Document Type: Article

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