Does quality of life among breast cancer survivors one year after diagnosis differ depending on urban and non-urban residence? A comparative study

Health and Quality of Life Outcomes

Volumn 8, Issue , 2010, Pages

  DiSipio, Tracey ^a   Hayes, Sandi C ^a   Newman, Beth ^a   Aitken, Joanne ^b   Janda, Monika ^a  

^a QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

^b VIERTEL CENTRE FOR RESEARCH IN CANCER CONTROL   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BREAST CANCER; CANCER SURVIVOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMOTIONALITY; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT OF CANCER THERAPY QUESTIONNAIRE; HEALTH; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; POPULATION RESEARCH; QUALITY OF LIFE; RATING SCALE; STRESS; STRUCTURED QUESTIONNAIRE; URBAN RURAL DIFFERENCE; WELLBEING; BREAST TUMOR; HEALTH SURVEY; MIDDLE AGED; RURAL POPULATION; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; SURVIVOR; URBAN POPULATION;

ADULT; AGED; BREAST NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MIDDLE AGED; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUEENSLAND; RURAL POPULATION; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SURVIVORS; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 76749127525     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14777525     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1477-7525-8-3     Document Type: Article

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