Breast cancer: How do Israeli women cope? A cross-sectional sample

Families, Systems and Health

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 161-171

  Gilbar, Ora ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAIFA   (Israel)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER PATIENT; COPING BEHAVIOR; DISTRESS SYNDROME; EMOTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; ISRAEL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MODEL; MULTIDIMENSIONAL SCALE OF PERCEIVED SOCIAL SUPPORT; QUESTIONNAIRE; RATING SCALE; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

EID: 22544461310     PISSN: 10917527     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/1091-7527.23.2.161     Document Type: Article

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