A pilot study of a home-based motivational exercise program for African American breast cancer survivors: Clinical and quality-of-life outcomes

Integrative Cancer Therapies

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 121-132

  Spector, Denise ^a   Deal, Allison M ^b   Amos, Keith D ^b   Yang, Hojin ^b   Battaglini, Claudio L ^b  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

African American; breast cancer; exercise; fitness; physical activity; quality of life; survivorship

Indexed keywords

AFRICAN AMERICAN; BREAST CANCER; EXERCISE; FITNESS; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; QUALITY OF LIFE; SURVIVORSHIP;

AFRICAN AMERICANS; BREAST NEOPLASMS; EXERCISE; EXERCISE THERAPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSICAL FITNESS; PILOT PROJECTS; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SURVIVORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84894450607     PISSN: 15347354     EISSN: 1552695X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1534735413503546     Document Type: Article

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