The impact of functional limitations on long-term outcomes among African-American and white women with breast cancer: A cohort study

BMJ Open

Volumn 3, Issue 10, 2013, Pages

  Izano, Monika ^a   Satariano, William A ^b   Hiatt, Robert A ^a,c   Braithwaite, Dejana ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGED; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER PROGNOSIS; CAUCASIAN; COHORT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL DISEASE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OBESITY; PHYSICAL DISABILITY; RACE DIFFERENCE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SELF CONCEPT; UNITED STATES; WALKING DIFFICULTY; WRITING;

EID: 84886692590     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20446055     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2013-003232     Document Type: Article

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