Predictors of sexual health in women after a breast cancer diagnosis

Journal of Clinical Oncology

Volumn 17, Issue 8, 1999, Pages 2371-2380

  Ganz, Patricia A ^a   Desmond, Katherine A ^a   Belin, Thomas R ^a   Meyerowitz, Beth E ^a   Rowland, Julia H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY IMAGE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMOTION; FEMALE; FEMALE SEXUAL DYSFUNCTION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENTAL HEALTH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SATISFACTION; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; VAGINA DISEASE; XEROSIS;

EID: 0032784110     PISSN: 0732183X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1200/jco.1999.17.8.2371     Document Type: Article

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