The role of information sources and objective risk status on lymphedema risk-minimization behaviors in women recently diagnosed with breast cancer

Oncology Nursing Forum

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 2011, Pages

  Sherman, Kerry A ^a   Koelmeyer, Louise ^a  

^a WESTMEAD HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; AUSTRALIA; BREAST TUMOR; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; LYMPHEDEMA; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING; ONCOLOGY NURSING; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; RISK REDUCTION; STATISTICS;

AGED; AUSTRALIA; BREAST NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; LYMPHEDEMA; MIDDLE AGED; ONCOLOGIC NURSING; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; RISK REDUCTION BEHAVIOR;

EID: 79953096391     PISSN: 0190535X     EISSN: 15380688     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1188/11.ONF.E27-E36     Document Type: Article

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