Measuring social impacts of breast carcinoma treatment in Chinese women: The Chinese Social Adjustment Scale

Cancer

Volumn 100, Issue 12, 2004, Pages 2500-2511

  Fielding, Richard ^a   Lam, Wendy W T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Assessment scales; Breast carcinoma; Chinese; Social adjustment

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BREAST CARCINOMA; CHINESE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DRUG SELF ADMINISTRATION; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FAMILY; FEMALE; HONG KONG; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; INTIMACY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PHYSICAL ATTRACTIVENESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOMETRY; PUBLIC RELATIONS; RATING SCALE; RELIABILITY; SELF CONCEPT; SEXUALITY; SOCIAL ADAPTATION; SOCIAL ASPECT; SOCIAL LIFE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; VALIDATION PROCESS;

ADULT; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; BODY IMAGE; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CARCINOMA; CHINA; FAMILY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; PSYCHOMETRICS; SOCIAL ADJUSTMENT; SOCIAL CHANGE;

EID: 2642567597     PISSN: 0008543X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cncr.20303     Document Type: Article

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