Breast cancer and coping among women of color: A systematic review of the literature

Supportive Care in Cancer

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 811-824

  Yoo, Grace J ^a   Levine, Ellen G ^a   Pasick, Rena ^b  

^a SAN FRANCISCO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Breast cancer; Coping; Women

Indexed keywords

AFRICAN AMERICAN; ASIAN AMERICAN; BREAST CANCER; CAUCASIAN; COPING BEHAVIOR; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; ETHNIC GROUP; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE STUDY; REVIEW; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; WAYS OF COPING QUESTIONNAIRE;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; BREAST NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS;

EID: 84895859067     PISSN: 09414355     EISSN: 14337339     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00520-013-2057-3     Document Type: Review

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