## Abstract ## BACKGROUND The objective of the current report was to compare the selfβreported rates of special education (SE) and educational attainment among specific groups of childhood cancer survivors and a random sample of sibling controls. ## METHODS The Childhood Cancer Survivor Study is
Educational achievement of long-term survivors of childhood and adolescent cancer
β Scribed by Kelaghan, Joseph ;Myers, Max H. ;Mulvihill, John J. ;Byrne, Julianne ;Connelly, Roger R. ;Austin, Donald F. ;Strong, Louise C. ;Meigs, J. Wister ;Latourette, Howard B. ;Holmes, Grace F. ;Holmes, Frederick F.
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 1988
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 604 KB
- Volume
- 16
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0098-1532
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