The relation between hopelessness and psychological and serological outcomes in Israeli women with breast-cancer

Psychology and Health

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 289-296

  Gidron, Yori ^a   Magen, Ronit ^a   Ariad, Shmuel ^a  

^a BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

Author keywords

Adjustment; Cancer; Hopelessness; Serological marker

Indexed keywords

EID: 0347120636     PISSN: 08870446     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08870440108405507     Document Type: Article

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