Sexual minority women's coping and psychological adjustment after a diagnosis of breast cancer

Journal of Women's Health

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 214-224

  Boehmer, Ulrike ^a,b   Linde, Rhonda ^c   Freund, Karen M ^d  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b Center for Health Quality Outcomes and Economic Research   (United States)

^c FENWAY INSTITUTE   (United States)

^d BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BISEXUALITY; BREAST CANCER; COMMUNITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; COPING BEHAVIOR; DATA ANALYSIS; DISTRESS SYNDROME; FEMALE; GENDER IDENTITY; HUMAN; LESBIAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALADJUSTMENT; MINORITY GROUP; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SAMPLING; SELF DISCLOSURE; SELF REPORT; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL ORIENTATION; SEXUALITY; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STANDARDIZATION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; AGED; BISEXUALITY; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HOMOSEXUALITY, FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; UNITED STATES; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

EID: 18744392256     PISSN: 15409996     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/jwh.2005.14.214     Document Type: Article

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