Gender and illness behavior among colorectal cancer patients

Women and Health

Volumn 11, Issue 3-4, 1987, Pages 67-82

  Marshall, James R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COLON TUMOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RECTUM TUMOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; TIME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; COLONIC NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGE; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; RECTAL NEOPLASMS; SEX FACTORS; SICK ROLE; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0022771336     PISSN: 03630242     EISSN: 15410331     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J013v11n03_06     Document Type: Article

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