Dragon boat racing: Life after breast cancer treatment

American Journal of Nursing

Volumn 110, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 48-54

  McCausland, Linda L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BREAST TUMOR; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LYMPHATIC SYSTEM; LYMPHEDEMA; PHYSIOLOGY; SELF HELP; BREAST NEOPLASMS;

BREAST NEOPLASMS; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HUMANS; LYMPHATIC SYSTEM; LYMPHEDEMA; SELF-HELP GROUPS;

EID: 77958003358     PISSN: 0002936X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.NAJ.0000389677.80144.2f     Document Type: Article

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