Hong Kong families and breast cancer: Beliefs and adaptation strategies

Psycho-Oncology

Volumn 14, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 671-683

  Simpson, Peggy ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b NONE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Adaptation; Beliefs; Breast cancer; Chinese; Family

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; BREAST CANCER; BREAST CARCINOGENESIS; CHINESE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITION; COPING BEHAVIOR; CULTURAL FACTOR; DIET; EMOTIONALITY; EXERCISE; FAMILY LIFE; FEMALE; HEREDITY; HONG KONG; HUMAN; ILLNESS BEHAVIOR; INTERVIEW; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PHILOSOPHY; STRESS;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; AFFECT; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; BREAST NEOPLASMS; COGNITION; CULTURE; FAMILY HEALTH; FEMALE; HONG KONG; HUMANS; INTERVIEW, PSYCHOLOGICAL; MIDDLE AGED; SAMPLING STUDIES; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; VIDEOTAPE RECORDING;

EID: 23744454764     PISSN: 10579249     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pon.893     Document Type: Article

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