Psychological distress among healthy women with family histories of breast cancer: Effects of recent life, events

Psycho-Oncology

Volumn 14, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 555-563

  Kim, Youngmee ^a,b   Duhamel, Katherine N ^a   Valdimarsdottir, Heiddis B ^a   Bovbjerg, Dana H ^a  

^a MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADJUSTMENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR; BREAST CANCER; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; COPING BEHAVIOR; COVARIANCE; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIFE EVENT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENTAL DISEASE; NEGATIVE SYNDROME; NEUROSIS; POSITIVE SYNDROME; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY;

ADULT; AGED; BREAST NEOPLASMS; COGNITION; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; PEDIGREE; RISK FACTORS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 22644441568     PISSN: 10579249     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pon.870     Document Type: Article

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