Husbands' experience with their wives' breast cancer: A qualitative study

Malaysian Journal of Public Health Medicine

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 31-38

  Yusoff, N ^a   Reiko Yap, K M ^b   Ahmad, A ^c  

^a SCHOOL OF HEALTH SCIENCES   (Malaysia)

^b INTERNATIONAL MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Malaysia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MALAYA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Breast cancer; Husband's perspective; Qualitative methodology

Indexed keywords

EID: 84865309613     PISSN: 16750306     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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