Quality of life of African-American and white long term breast carcinoma survivors

Cancer

Volumn 85, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 418-426

  Ashing Giwa, Kimlin ^a   Ganz, Patricia A ^b   Petersen, Laura ^b  

^a ALLIANT INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

African American women; Breast carcinoma; Health related quality of life; Psychosocial oncology

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BREAST CARCINOMA; DEMOGRAPHY; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; SOCIOECONOMICS; SURVIVAL TIME; UNITED STATES; WELLBEING;

EID: 0032943629     PISSN: 0008543X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0142(19990115)85:2<418::AID-CNCR20>3.0.CO;2-9     Document Type: Article

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