Use of coping strategies and breast cancer survival: Results from the black/white cancer survival study

American Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 152, Issue 10, 2000, Pages 940-949

  Reynolds, Peggy ^a   Hurley, Susan ^b   Torres, Myriam ^c   Jackson, James ^c   Boyd, Peggy ^b   Chen, Vivien W ^d  

^a CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^d LOUISIANA STATE UNIV MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Breast neoplasms; Prognosis; Psychology; Women

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; BREAST CANCER; CANCER INVASION; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURVIVAL; CAUCASIAN; COPING BEHAVIOR; EMOTION; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HORMONE RESPONSE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEGRO; PROGNOSIS; UNITED STATES;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; AFRICAN AMERICANS; AGED; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; UNITED STATES; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 0034669336     PISSN: 00029262     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aje/152.10.940     Document Type: Article

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