Psychological repercussions related to brachytherapy treatment in women with gynecological cancer; analysis of production from 1987 to 2007

Revista Latino-Americana de Enfermagem

Volumn 16, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 1049-1053

  De Barros, Gisele Curi ^a   Labate, Renata Curi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Brachytherapy; Psychology; Review literature as topic

Indexed keywords

EID: 61449205133     PISSN: 01041169     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/s0104-11692008000600018     Document Type: Article

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