Two years after cancer diagnosis, which couples become closer?

European Journal of Cancer Care

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 380-388

  Preau, M ^a,b,c   Bouhnik, A D ^a,b   Rey, D ^b,c   Mancini, J ^b,d  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE NANTES   (France)

^b AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITY   (France)

^c OBSERVATOIRE RÉGIONAL DE LA SANTÉ PROVENCE ALPES CÔTE D AZUR   (France)

^d TIMONE HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

Cancer; Couple; Information; Sex

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; AGED; ARTICLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; MALE; MARRIAGE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NEOPLASM; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITY OF LIFE;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; AGED; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; MARRIAGE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NEOPLASMS; QUALITY OF LIFE;

EID: 79952767213     PISSN: 09615423     EISSN: 13652354     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2354.2010.01191.x     Document Type: Article

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