Life after cervical cancer: Quality of life among Chinese women

Nursing and Health Sciences

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 296-302

  Zeng, Ying Chun ^a   Li, Dingmei ^b   Loke, Alice Yuen ^a  

^a HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

^b HUAIHUA MEDICAL COLLEGE   (China)

Author keywords

Cancer survivor; Cervical cancer; Chinese women; Nursing; Quality of life; Sexuality

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHINA; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUALITY OF LIFE; SEXUALITY; SURVIVOR; UTERINE CERVIX TUMOR;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; CHINA; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUALITY OF LIFE; SEXUALITY; SURVIVORS; UTERINE CERVICAL NEOPLASMS;

EID: 80052259671     PISSN: 14410745     EISSN: 14422018     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1442-2018.2011.00616.x     Document Type: Article

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