Stress and quality of life in African American cancer survivors

Ethnicity and Disease

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 732-738

  Garofalo, John P ^a,d   Hamann, Heidi A ^b   Ashworth, Kevin ^a   Baum, Andrew ^c  

^a WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^d Psychology Dept   (United States)

Author keywords

African American; Ambient stress; Cancer survivors; Health disparities; Quality of life

Indexed keywords

AFRICAN AMERICAN; BEHAVIOR; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER SURVIVAL; CANCER SURVIVOR; CAUCASIAN; CHRONIC STRESS; COPING BEHAVIOR; CULTURAL FACTOR; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; HUMAN; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; QUALITY OF LIFE; RACE DIFFERENCE; RELIGION; REVIEW; SOCIAL ASPECT; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STRESS; SURVIVAL TIME; ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; MENTAL STRESS; NEOPLASM; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; SURVIVOR;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; AFRICAN AMERICANS; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; NEOPLASMS; QUALITY OF LIFE; RELIGION AND PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; SURVIVORS;

EID: 33749319818     PISSN: 1049510X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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