Surviving after the cancer: A review of the Quality of Life of cancer survivors;Sopravvivere al cancro: Una rassegna sulla Qualità di Vita nella cancer survivorship

Psicologia della Salute

Volumn 2009, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 55-71

  Annunziata, Maria Antonietta ^a   Muzzatti, Barbara ^a   Bianchet, Katia ^a   Berretta, Massimiliano ^b   Chimienti, Emanuela ^b   Lleshi, Arben ^b   Tirelli, Umberto ^b  

^a Struttura Operativa Semplice Dipartimentale di Psicologia Oncologica   (Italy)

^b Struttura Operativa Complessa di Oncologia Medica A   (Italy)

Author keywords

Adults; Cancer; Emotional distress; Oncology; Quality of life; Survivors

Indexed keywords

EID: 84859087399     PISSN: 17210321     EISSN: 19725167     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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