Examining the impact of socioeconomic status and socioecologic stress on physical and mental health quality of life among breast cancer survivors

Oncology Nursing Forum

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 79-88

  Ashing Giwa, Kimlin T ^a,b   Lim, Jung Won ^c  

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

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; ASIAN AMERICAN; BREAST TUMOR; CAUCASIAN; COMORBIDITY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EMPLOYMENT; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HISPANIC; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INCOME; MENTAL HEALTH; MENTAL STRESS; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITY OF LIFE; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS; SURVIVOR;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; ASIAN AMERICANS; BREAST NEOPLASMS; COMORBIDITY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EMPLOYMENT; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; INCOME; MENTAL HEALTH; MIDDLE AGED; QUALITY OF LIFE; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; SURVIVORS;

EID: 58149482575     PISSN: 0190535X     EISSN: 15380688     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1188/09.ONF.79-88     Document Type: Article

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