Body image and quality of life after head and neck cancer surgery

Cancer Practice

Volumn 7, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 309-313

  Dropkin, Mary Jo ^a  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Body image; Coping; Disfigurement; Head and neck cancer; Quality of life; Recovery

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; BODY IMAGE; CANCER SURGERY; CONVALESCENCE; COPING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HEAD AND NECK CANCER; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; QUALITY OF LIFE; SOCIALIZATION;

EID: 0032721736     PISSN: 10654704     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1523-5394.1999.76006.x     Document Type: Article

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