Menopause as an issue for women with breast cancer

Cancer Nursing

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 164-171

  McPhail, Gaye ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Breast cancer; Menopause; Nursing

Indexed keywords

ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; BELLADONNA ALKALOID; CLONIDINE; ERGOTAMINE TARTRATE; ESTROGEN; GESTAGEN; PHENOBARBITAL; PRIMROSE OIL; PROGESTERONE; PYRIDOXINE; TESTOSTERONE;

ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR THERAPY; BREAST CANCER; CANCER PATIENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET; EXERCISE; FEMALE; GINSENG; HORMONE SUBSTITUTION; HOT FLUSH; HUMAN; INSOMNIA; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MENOPAUSE; NURSING; OSTEOPOROSIS; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SELF CONCEPT; SWEATING;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; BREAST NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HORMONE REPLACEMENT THERAPY; HUMANS; MENOPAUSE; ONCOLOGIC NURSING;

EID: 0032806705     PISSN: 0162220X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00002820-199904000-00009     Document Type: Article

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