Depression and sexual adjustment following breast cancer in low-income Hispanic and non-Hispanic White women

Psycho-Oncology

Volumn 19, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 1069-1077

  Christie, Kysa M ^a   Meyerowitz, Beth E ^a   Maly, Rose C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

breast cancer; depression; Hispanic Americans; oncology; poverty; psychosexual dysfunctions

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF COVARIANCE; ARTICLE; BODY IMAGE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER SURVIVOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; HISPANIC; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INFORMATION RETRIEVAL; INTERVIEW; LIBIDO DISORDER; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; ORGASM; PSYCHOSOCIAL DISORDER; SEXUAL AROUSAL; SEXUAL FUNCTION; UNITED STATES; UTERINE CERVIX CANCER;

ACCULTURATION; ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BREAST NEOPLASMS; DEPRESSION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MARITAL STATUS; MIDDLE AGED; POVERTY; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL DYSFUNCTIONS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; UNITED STATES;

EID: 78649480719     PISSN: 10579249     EISSN: 10991611     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pon.1661     Document Type: Article

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