Does rurality affect quality of life following treatment for breast cancer?

Journal of Rural Health

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 402-405

  Reid Arndt, Stephanie A ^a   Cox, Cathy R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

^b TEXAS CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cancer; Quality of life; Rural; Social support

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; BREAST TUMOR; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MENTAL STRESS; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOMETRY; QUALITY OF LIFE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RURAL POPULATION; SOCIAL ISOLATION; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SURVIVOR; TIME; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BREAST NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUALITY OF LIFE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RURAL POPULATION; SOCIAL ISOLATION; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; SURVIVORS; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES;

EID: 77957311824     PISSN: 0890765X     EISSN: 17480361     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1748-0361.2010.00295.x     Document Type: Article

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