Quality of life among breast cancer patients in Yemen

Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention

Volumn 12, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 2335-2341

  Al Naggar, Redhwan Ahmed ^a   Nagi, Nadeem Mohammed Saeed ^b   Ali, Munef Mohammed Saleh ^b   Almuasli, Mahfoudh ^a  

^a MANAGEMENT AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (Malaysia)

^b Al Gomhori Hospital   (Yemen)

Author keywords

Breast cancer; Quality of life; Yemen

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BREAST TUMOR; CANCER STAGING; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PATHOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIAL CLASS; YEMEN;

BREAST NEOPLASMS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NEOPLASM STAGING; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOCIAL CLASS; YEMEN;

EID: 84866292944     PISSN: 15137368     EISSN: 2476762X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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