Psychological predictors of marital adjustment in breast cancer patients

Psychology, Health and Medicine

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 37-51

  Wai Ming, Vivian Mak ^a  

^a NONE   (Hong Kong)

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BODY IMAGE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER PATIENT; DISTRESS SYNDROME; HONG KONG; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MARRIAGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0036172997     PISSN: 13548506     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13548500120101540     Document Type: Article

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