Acculturation, social support, and quality of life for Korean immigrant breast and gynecological cancer survivors

Ethnicity and Health

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 243-260

  Lim, Jung Won ^a   Yi, Jaehee ^b   Zebrack, Brad ^b  

^a CITY OF HOPE NATIONAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Acculturation; Breast and gynecological cancer survivors; Depressive symptoms; Korean immigrant; Quality of life; Social support

Indexed keywords

ACCULTURATION; CANCER; HEALTH CARE; IMMIGRANT; MENTAL HEALTH; QUALITY OF LIFE; SOCIAL NETWORK; SOCIAL PARTICIPATION; SURVIVAL; SYMPTOM;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER SURVIVOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURAL FACTOR; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; GYNECOLOGIC CANCER; HUMAN; IMMIGRANT; KOREA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; QUALITY OF LIFE; RATING SCALE; SOCIAL INTERACTION; SOCIAL NETWORK; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

ACCULTURATION; ADULT; AGED; BREAST NEOPLASMS; EMIGRANTS AND IMMIGRANTS; FEMALE; GENITAL NEOPLASMS, FEMALE; HUMANS; KOREA; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SURVIVORS; UNITED STATES;

ASIA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; KOREA;

EID: 45849104572     PISSN: 13557858     EISSN: 14653419     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13557850802009488     Document Type: Article

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