Effects of life event stress and social support on the odds of a ≥2 cm breast cancer

Cancer Causes and Control

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 437-447

  Kricker, Anne ^a   Price, Melanie ^b   Butow, Phyllis ^b   Goumas, Chris ^a   Armes, Jane E ^c   Armstrong, Bruce K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^c MATER HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Breast cancer; Epidemiology; Psychological stress

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER RISK; CANCER SIZE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; LIFE STRESS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MAMMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIAL ASPECT; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

ADULT; AGED; AUSTRALIA; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; CONFOUNDING FACTORS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; MAMMOGRAPHY; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM STAGING; ODDS RATIO; QUESTIONNAIRES; REGISTRIES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SELF DISCLOSURE; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 64649085815     PISSN: 09575243     EISSN: 15737225     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10552-008-9257-z     Document Type: Article

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