Fatigue in female breast cancer patients: Might its origins be more generic than we think?

European Journal of Cancer Care

Volumn 20, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 701-702

  de Jong, N ^a  

^a MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Breast cancer; Causation; Fatigue; Psychosocial; Role function

Indexed keywords

BREAST TUMOR; EDITORIAL; FATIGUE; FEMALE; HUMAN;

BREAST NEOPLASMS; FATIGUE; FEMALE; HUMANS;

EID: 80054122626     PISSN: 09615423     EISSN: 13652354     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2354.2011.01296.x     Document Type: Editorial

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