Common-sense beliefs about cancer and health practices among women completing treatment for breast cancer

Psycho-Oncology

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 53-61

  Costanzo, Erin S ^a   Lutgendorf, Susan K ^b   Roeder, Susan L ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF IOWA HOSPITALS AND CLINICS   (United States)

Author keywords

attributions; beliefs; breast neoplasms; cancer survivorship; health behavior; oncology

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR CHANGE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER ADJUVANT THERAPY; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER HORMONE THERAPY; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER RECURRENCE; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURVIVOR; CAUSAL ATTRIBUTION; DIET; DIETARY INTAKE; EMOTIONALITY; EXERCISE; FEMALE; FOOD INTAKE; HEALTH BELIEF; HEALTH CARE PRACTICE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; LIFESTYLE MODIFICATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; META ANALYSIS; PARTIAL MASTECTOMY; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; RELIGION; SELF REGULATION MODEL; SELF REPORT; STATISTICAL MODEL; STRESS; TREATMENT DURATION; WELLBEING;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CULTURE; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; LIFE STYLE; LOGISTIC MODELS; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; NEOPLASM STAGING; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SURVIVORS; UNCERTAINTY;

EID: 78650651201     PISSN: 10579249     EISSN: 10991611     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pon.1707     Document Type: Article

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