Health and well-being in older married female cancer survivors

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 57, Issue SUPPL. 2, 2009, Pages

  Townsend, Aloen L ^a   Ishler, Karen J ^a   Bowman, Karen F ^b   Rose, Julia Hannum ^c   Peak, Nicole Juszczak ^d  

^a CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Department of Sociology ^*

^c School of Medicine

^d CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging; Cancer survivors; Depressive symptoms; Female; Health

Indexed keywords

ADULT; CANCER SURVIVOR; CENTER FOR EPIDEMIOLOGICAL STUDIES DEPRESSION SCALE; COMORBIDITY; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FATIGUE; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MARRIED WOMAN; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PAIN; WELLBEING;

AGE FACTORS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MARRIAGE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RISK FACTORS; SURVIVORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 72049095080     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: 15325415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.2009.02514.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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