Impact of breast cancer on Asian American and Anglo American women

Culture, Medicine and Psychiatry

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 449-480

  Kagawa Singer, Marjorie ^a   Wellisch, David K ^b   Durvasula, Ramani ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Anglo American women; Asian American women; Breast cancer; Pilot study

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASIAN AMERICAN; BODY IMAGE; BREAST TUMOR; CAUCASIAN; CHINA; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; CULTURAL FACTOR; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; JAPAN; MENTAL STRESS; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PILOT STUDY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; UNITED STATES;

ACCULTURATION; ADULT; ASIAN AMERICANS; BODY IMAGE; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CHINA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HUMANS; JAPAN; LOS ANGELES; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PILOT PROJECTS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 0031298579     PISSN: 0165005X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1005314602587     Document Type: Article

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