## Abstract The health‐related beliefs and behaviors of long‐term survivors of childhood cancer are important because of vulnerability to adverse late effects from their primary malignancy and its therapy. A health behavior survey was completed by 110 parents of long‐term survivors ranging in age f
Health Behaviors of Childhood Cancer Survivors: What We’ve Learned
✍ Scribed by Jennifer S. Ford; Jamie S. Ostroff
- Publisher
- Springer
- Year
- 2006
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 257 KB
- Volume
- 13
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 1068-9583
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