Breast cancer and psychosocial factors: Early stressful life events, social support, and well-being

Psychosomatics

Volumn 49, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 407-412

  Ginzburg, Karni ^a   Wrensch, Margaret ^b   Rice, Terri ^a   Farren, Georgianna ^b   Spiegel, David ^b  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALLOSTASIS; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER RISK; CHILDHOOD; CONTROLLED STUDY; COPING BEHAVIOR; EARLY LIFE STRESS; EXPERIENCE; FAMILY RELATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIFE EVENT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SOCIAL ASPECT; SOCIAL NETWORK; SOCIAL SUPPORT; UNITED STATES; WELLBEING;

EID: 51249122221     PISSN: 00333182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1176/appi.psy.49.5.407     Document Type: Article

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