Coping strategies of African American head and neck cancer survivors

Journal of Psychosocial Oncology

Volumn 28, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 526-538

  Agarwal, Mansi ^a   Hamilton, Jill B ^a   Crandell, Jamie L ^a   Moore, Charles E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

African American; cancer; coping; quality of life

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER SURVIVOR; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COPING BEHAVIOR; EMOTIONALITY; FEMALE; HEAD AND NECK CANCER; HUMAN; MALE; QUALITY OF LIFE; RELIGION; SUPPORT GROUP; WELLBEING;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; AFRICAN AMERICANS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FAMILY; FEMALE; FRIENDS; HEALTH SURVEYS; HELPING BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OTORHINOLARYNGOLOGIC NEOPLASMS; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RELIGION AND PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SURVIVORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 77955959360     PISSN: 07347332     EISSN: 15407586     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07347332.2010.498456     Document Type: Article

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