Women's Perceived Benefits of Exercise During and After Breast Cancer Treatment

Women and Health

Volumn 52, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 771-787

  Bulmer, Sandra Minor ^a   Howell, Jeremy ^b   Ackerman, Louise ^c   Fedric, Regan ^d  

^a SOUTHERN CONNECTICUT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SAN FRANCISCO   (United States)

^c Department of Teacher Education and Department of Sociology and Anthropology   (United States)

^d Sunflower Wellness Bay Club Marin   (United States)

Author keywords

breast cancer; exercise; psychosocial; qualitative research; women's health

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADULT; ARTICLE; BREAST TUMOR; FEMALE; FITNESS; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE SURVEY; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; KINESIOTHERAPY; MENTAL STRESS; MIDDLE AGED; PERCEPTION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUESTIONNAIRE; RESISTANCE TRAINING; SOCIAL SUPPORT; UNITED STATES;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; BREAST NEOPLASMS; EXERCISE THERAPY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MIDDLE AGED; PERCEPTION; PHYSICAL FITNESS; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUESTIONNAIRES; RESISTANCE TRAINING; SAN FRANCISCO; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 84868702259     PISSN: 03630242     EISSN: 15410331     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03630242.2012.725707     Document Type: Article

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