Quality of life and sexuality of women treated for breast cancer;Qualidade de vida e sexualidade de mulheres tratadas de câncer de mama

Revista Brasileira de Ginecologia e Obstetricia

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 61-67

  Huguet, Priscila Ribeiro ^a   Morais, Sirlei Siani ^a   Osis, Maria José Duarte ^b   Pinto Neto, Aarão Mendes ^a   Gurgel, Maria Salete Costa ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMPINAS   (Brazil)

^b Center for Mother and Child Research of Campinas   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Breast neoplasms surgery; Quality of life; Sexuality

Indexed keywords

EID: 66649085460     PISSN: 01007203     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/s0100-72032009000200003     Document Type: Article

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