Quality of life in women with breast cancer in Turkey

Journal of Nursing Scholarship

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 207-213

  Uzun, Özge ^a   Eti Aslan, Fatma ^b   Selimen, Deniz ^b   Koç, Mehmet ^c  

^a ATATÜRK UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b MARMARA UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^c ATATURK UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

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

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADULT; AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BREAST TUMOR; COST OF ILLNESS; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DEMOGRAPHY; EDUCATION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEY; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; MARRIAGE; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS; TURKEY (REPUBLIC);

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BREAST NEOPLASMS; COST OF ILLNESS; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; INPATIENTS; MARITAL STATUS; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TURKEY; WOMEN;

EID: 7944229377     PISSN: 15276546     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1547-5069.2004.04039.x     Document Type: Article

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