Causal attribution, control, and adjustment to breast cancer

Journal of Psychosocial Oncology

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 1993, Pages 37-53

  Lowery, Barbara J ^a   Jacobsen, Barbara S ^b   Ducette, Joseph ^c  

^a University of Pennsylvania ^*

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^c TEMPLE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADJUSTMENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER PATIENT; DISTRESS SYNDROME; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT EDUCATION; PERCEPTION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

EID: 0027238349     PISSN: 07347332     EISSN: 15407586     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J077V10N04_03     Document Type: Article

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