Why do women treated for breast cancer report good health despite disease or disability? A pilot study

Psychological Reports

Volumn 84, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 392-394

  Justice, Blair ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BREAST TUMOR; DISABLED PERSON; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; PILOT STUDY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE;

ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BREAST NEOPLASMS; DISABLED PERSONS; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; PILOT PROJECTS; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 0033112954     PISSN: 00332941     EISSN: 1558691X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2466/pr0.1999.84.2.392     Document Type: Article

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