Correlates of quality of life among African American and white cancer survivors

Cancer Nursing

Volumn 35, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 355-364

  Matthews, Alicia K ^a   Tejeda, Silvia ^a   Johnson, Timothy P ^a   Berbaum, Michael L ^a   Manfredi, Clara ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

African American; Breast cancer; Cancer survivors; Colon cancer; Prostate cancer; Quality of life

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ADJUSTMENT; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGED; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER REGISTRY; CANCER SURVIVOR; CAUCASIAN; CLINICAL DECISION MAKING; COLORECTAL CANCER; COMORBIDITY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; MULTIPLE REGRESSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE CANCER; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITY OF LIFE; RACE DIFFERENCE; RELIGION; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STRESS; UNEMPLOYMENT;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; AGED; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUALITY OF LIFE; REGISTRIES; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SURVIVORS;

EID: 84865798337     PISSN: 0162220X     EISSN: 15389804     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/NCC.0b013e31824131d9     Document Type: Article

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