Changes in quality of life in patients with breast cancer

Journal of Clinical Nursing

Volumn 20, Issue 1-2, 2011, Pages 255-266

  Salonen, Päivi ^a   Kellokumpu Lehtinen, Pirkko Liisa ^b   Tarkka, Marja Terttu ^b   Koivisto, Anna Maija ^c   Kaunonen, Marja ^b  

^a TAMPERE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^b TAMPERE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Finland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TAMPERE   (Finland)

Author keywords

Breast cancer; Nurses; Nursing; Quality of life; Women

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BREAST TUMOR; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; QUALITY OF LIFE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL;

BREAST NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MIDDLE AGED; QUALITY OF LIFE;

EID: 78650245996     PISSN: 09621067     EISSN: 13652702     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2702.2010.03422.x     Document Type: Article

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