Concern about aspects of body image and adjustment to early stage breast cancer

Psychosomatic Medicine

Volumn 60, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 168-174

  Carver, Charles S ^a   Pozo Kaderman, Christina ^c   Price, Alicia A ^a   Noriega, Victoria ^a   Harris, Suzanne D ^a   Derhagopian, Robert P ^b   Robinson, David S ^b   Moffatt Jr , Frederick L ^b  

^a Department of Biology   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c Miami Beach FL   (United States)

Author keywords

Adjustment; Body image; Breast cancer; Personality; Psychological well being; Psychosocial sequelae

Indexed keywords

ADJUSTMENT; ARTICLE; BODY IMAGE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER PATIENT; CLINICAL TRIAL; EARLY CANCER; EMOTIONAL STRESS; FEMALE; FEMININITY; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MASTECTOMY; MENTAL HEALTH; MENTAL STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SELF CONCEPT; SELF ESTEEM; SEXUAL FUNCTION;

EID: 0031947725     PISSN: 00333174     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006842-199803000-00010     Document Type: Article

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