Sexual functioning and body image of patients treated for ovarian cancer

Sexuality and Disability

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 63-73

  Buković, Damir ^a   Silovski, Hrvoje ^a   Silovski, Tajana ^b   Hojsak, Iva ^a   Šakić, Kata ^a   Hrgović, Zlatko ^c,d,e  

^a KBC Zagreb   (Croatia)

^b SESTRE MILOSRDNICE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Croatia)

^c JOSIP JURAJ STROSSMAYER UNIVERSITY OF OSIJEK   (Croatia)

^d UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OSIJEK   (Croatia)

^e NONE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Body image; Ovarian cancer; Sexual functioning; Sexual life

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT;

ADULT; ADVANCED CANCER; ARTICLE; BODY IMAGE; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER SURGERY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYSTERECTOMY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENOPAUSE; OVARY CANCER; QUESTIONNAIRE; SALPINGOOOPHORECTOMY; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUALITY;

EID: 44149094985     PISSN: 01461044     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11195-008-9074-z     Document Type: Article

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