Social support and salivary cortisol in women with metastatic breast cancer

Psychosomatic Medicine

Volumn 62, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 337-345

  Turner Cobb, Julie M ^a,c   Sephton, Sandra E ^a,d   Koopman, Cheryl ^a   Blake Mortimer, Jane ^a,b   Spiegel, David ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KENT   (United Kingdom)

^d University of Louisville School of Medicine   (United States)

Author keywords

Breast cancer; Cortisol; Social support

Indexed keywords

HYDROCORTISONE;

ADJUSTMENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; EMOTION; FEMALE; GROUP THERAPY; HUMAN; HYDROCORTISONE RELEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; METASTASIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SALIVA LEVEL; SELF ESTEEM; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

EID: 0034093073     PISSN: 00333174     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006842-200005000-00007     Document Type: Article

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