Women coping with cancer: The influence of relationship factors on psychosocial adjustment

Psychology of Women Quarterly

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 725-739

  Kayser, Karen ^a   Sormanti, Mary ^b   Strainchamps, Emily ^b  

^a BOSTON COLLEGE   (United States)

^b NONE

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EID: 0040707241     PISSN: 03616843     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-6402.1999.tb00394.x     Document Type: Article

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