Stress and breast cancer: A systematic update on the current knowledge

Nature Clinical Practice Oncology

Volumn 3, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 612-620

  Nielsen, Naja Rod ^a,b   Grønbæk, Morten ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BREAST CANCER; CALCULATION; CANCER GROWTH; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER RELAPSE; CANCER RESEARCH; CANCER RISK; CONFOUNDING VARIABLE; DATA ANALYSIS; HUMAN; LIFE EVENT; MENTAL STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; STRESS;

BREAST NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; RISK FACTORS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; WORKPLACE;

EID: 33750543162     PISSN: 17434254     EISSN: 17434262     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ncponc0652     Document Type: Review

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