Health-related quality of life among breast cancer patients and its influencing factor in a Chinese population

Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention

Volumn 13, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 3747-3750

  Shen, Fang Rong ^a   Liu, Ming ^a   Zhang, Xia ^a   Feng, Ya Hong ^a   Zhou, Long Shu ^b   Chen, You Guo ^a  

^a THE FIRST AFFILIATED HOSPITAL OF SOOCHOW UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b GUANGZHOU MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Breast cancer; Chinese population; Quality of life; Socioeconomic factors

Indexed keywords

EID: 84873623774     PISSN: 15137368     EISSN: 2476762X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7314/APJCP.2012.13.8.3747     Document Type: Article

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