Health-related quality of life among breast cancer patients in Lebanon

European Journal of Oncology Nursing

Volumn 16, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 491-497

  Abu Saad Huijer, Huda ^a   Abboud, Sarah ^a  

^a AMERICAN UNIVERSITY OF BEIRUT   (Lebanon)

Author keywords

Breast cancer; Lebanon; Palliative care; Quality of life; Symptom prevalence

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; BREAST TUMOR; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LEBANON; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE;

ADULT; AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LEBANON; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 84869489828     PISSN: 14623889     EISSN: 15322122     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejon.2011.11.003     Document Type: Article

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