Age and Extent of Surgery Affect Attention in Women Treated for Breast Cancer

Research in Nursing and Health

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 229-238

  Cimprich, Bernadine ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging; Cognitive function; Fatigue

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; BREAST TUMOR; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DYSTHYMIA; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MASTECTOMY; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK FACTOR;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ATTENTION; BREAST NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MASTECTOMY; MENTAL FATIGUE; MIDDLE AGED; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 0032093538     PISSN: 01606891     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1098-240X(199806)21:3<229::AID-NUR6>3.0.CO;2-J     Document Type: Article

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