The role of child abuse and age in vulnerability to emotional problems after surgery for breast cancer

European Journal of Cancer

Volumn 42, Issue 15, 2006, Pages 2517-2523

  Salmon, Peter ^a   Hill, Jonathan ^a   Krespi, Rita ^b   Clark, Louise ^a   Fisher, Jean ^c   Holcombe, Christopher ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b Healthcare Department   (United Kingdom)

^c ROYAL LIVERPOOL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Breast cancer; Child abuse; Emotional distress; Self blame; Shame

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER SURGERY; CHILD ABUSE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; EMOTION; EMOTIONAL STRESS; FEMALE; GROUPS BY AGE; HUMAN; JUVENILE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MASTECTOMY; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MEMORY; MORBIDITY; MULTIPLE REGRESSION; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SELF REPORT; SEXUAL ABUSE; SHAME; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

AFFECTIVE SYMPTOMS; AGE FACTORS; AGED; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CHILD; CHILD ABUSE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MASTECTOMY; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 33749152987     PISSN: 09598049     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejca.2006.05.024     Document Type: Article

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