Post-traumatic stress disorder in Israeli children
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Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder in Israeli Survivors of Childhood Cancer
In 2007, almost 10,400 American children younger than 15 years were diagnosed with cancer, with approximately 1,545 dying from the disease (National Cancer Institute, 2009). In Britain, the risk of a child younger than 15 years being diagnosed with cancer is about 1 in 500 (Cancer Research UK, 2009). Significant improvements have been made in five-year relative survival from childhood cancers, ...
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عنوان ژورنال: International Psychiatry
سال: 2003
ISSN: 1749-3676
DOI: 10.1192/s1749367600006421