Socioeconomic status and quality of life of women with family history of breast cancer attending an oncogenetic counseling clinic - A comparison with general population

Acta Oncologica

Volumn 48, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 86-92

  Von Wachenfeldt, Anna ^a,c   Brandberg, Yvonne ^b   Johansson, Hemming ^a   Fornander, Tommy ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^c STOCKHOLM SÖDER HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER PREVENTION; CANCER RISK; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; GENETIC COUNSELING; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOCIOECONOMICS;

ADULT; AGED; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; GENETIC COUNSELING; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; QUALITY OF LIFE; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 58149095067     PISSN: 0284186X     EISSN: 1651226X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02841860802343182     Document Type: Article

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