Hair loss induced by chemotherapy: An anthropological study of women, cancer and rehabilitation

Anthropology and Medicine

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 15-26

  Hansen, Helle Ploug ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

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[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT;

ANTHROPOLOGY; ARTICLE; CANCER; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER REHABILITATION; CONVALESCENCE; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; DENMARK; ETHNOGRAPHY; HAIR LOSS; HEALTH PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; PERSONAL EXPERIENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTHESIS; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL ASPECT;

EID: 33847191781     PISSN: 13648470     EISSN: 14692910     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13648470601106335     Document Type: Article

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