Psychosocial factors in the etiology of breast cancer: Review of a popular link

Patient Education and Counseling

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 201-214

  Bleiker, Eveline M A ^a   Van Der Ploeg, Henk M ^a  

^a VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Breast cancer development; Psychosocial factors; Review

Indexed keywords

BREAST CANCER; BREAST CARCINOGENESIS; COPING BEHAVIOR; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; DEPRESSION; EMOTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIFE EVENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REVIEW; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; BREAST TUMOR; CONTROL; DEFENSE MECHANISM; GENDER IDENTITY; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; LIFESTYLE; MENTAL STRESS; METHODOLOGY; PERSONALITY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; BREAST NEOPLASMS; COMMUNICATION; EMOTIONS; FEMALE; GENDER IDENTITY; HUMANS; INTERNAL-EXTERNAL CONTROL; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; LIFE STYLE; NEGATIVISM; PERSONALITY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REPRESSION; RESEARCH DESIGN; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 0033018920     PISSN: 07383991     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0738-3991(99)00027-0     Document Type: Review

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