Profiles of distress in women following treatment for primary breast cancer

Breast

Volumn 7, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 251-254

  Dunn, J ^a   Steginga, S K ^a   Occhipinti, S ^b   Wilson, K ^c   McCaffrey, J ^a  

^a CANCER COUNCIL QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b AUSTRALIAN CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANXIETY; ANXIETY NEUROSIS; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; DEPRESSION; DISTRESS SYNDROME; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MASTECTOMY; MEDICAL INFORMATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

EID: 0031770184     PISSN: 09609776     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0960-9776(98)90090-X     Document Type: Article

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