Breast cancer and menopause: Partners' perceptions and personal experiences-a pilot study

Menopause

Volumn 19, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 916-923

  Sayakhot, Padaphet ^a   Vincent, Amanda ^a,b   Teede, Helena ^a,b  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b MONASH MEDICAL CENTRE   (Australia)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BREAST CANCER; CANCER PATIENT; CHI SQUARE TEST; COMMUNITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; EARLY MENOPAUSE; EXERCISE; FAMILY LIFE; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HERBAL MEDICINE; HORMONAL THERAPY; HOT FLUSH; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; LIBIDO DISORDER; MEDICAL INFORMATION; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; PILOT STUDY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; SEXUALITY; STATISTICS; STRESS;

ADULT; AGED; BREAST NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HOT FLASHES; HUMANS; MALE; MENOPAUSE; MENOPAUSE, PREMATURE; MIDDLE AGED; PERCEPTION; PILOT PROJECTS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEXUAL DYSFUNCTION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; SPOUSES;

EID: 84864277078     PISSN: 10723714     EISSN: 15300374     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/gme.0b013e318246ab45     Document Type: Article

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