Coping with additional stresses: Comparative study of healthy and cancer patient new immigrants

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 42, Issue 7, 1996, Pages 1077-1084

  Baider, Lea ^a   Kaufman, Bella ^a   Ever Hadani, Penina ^a   Kaplan De Nour, Atara ^a  

^a HADASSAH HEBREW UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

Cancer; Healthy population; Immigration; Stress

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER; CANCER PATIENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DISTRESS SYNDROME; FAMILY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMIGRANT; IMMIGRATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIVACY; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL SUPPORT; UNITED STATES; USSR;

EID: 0029970390     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0277-9536(95)00300-2     Document Type: Article

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