Evaluation of women with breast disease using body image drawing analysis

Anticancer Research

Volumn 30, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 2399-2406

  Eskelinen, Matti ^a,b,c   Ollonen, Paula ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN FINLAND   (Finland)

^b KUOPIO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^c State Office in Eastern Finland   (Finland)

Author keywords

Body image drawing analysis; Breast cancer; Breast disease

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY IMAGE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER RISK; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INTERVIEW; MALE; PATIENT REFERRAL; PHYSICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUESTIONNAIRE; STRESS; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

BODY IMAGE; BREAST DISEASES; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 77955081019     PISSN: 02507005     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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