Sexuality in irish women with gynecologic cancer

Oncology Nursing Forum

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 2011, Pages

  Cleary, Vicki ^a   Hegarty, Josephine ^a   McCarthy, Geraldine ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE CORK   (Ireland)

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EID: 79953094995     PISSN: 0190535X     EISSN: 15380688     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1188/11.ONF.E87-E96     Document Type: Article

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