Posttraumatic growth in Chinese cancer survivors

Psycho-Oncology

Volumn 13, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 377-389

  Ho, Samuel M Y ^a   Chan, Cecilia L W ^a   Ho, Rainbow T H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER SURVIVAL; CHINESE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COPING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIPLE REGRESSION; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; QUESTIONNAIRE; RATING SCALE;

ADULT; CHINA; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; QUESTIONNAIRES; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; SURVIVAL RATE; SURVIVORS;

EID: 3042541270     PISSN: 10579249     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pon.758     Document Type: Article

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