Breast cancer and sexuality: the impacts of breast cancer treatment on the sex lives of women in Brazil

Culture, Health and Sexuality

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 246-257

  Barsotti Santos, Daniela ^a   Ford, Nicholas John ^a   dos Santos, Manoel Antônio ^a   Vieira, Elisabeth Meloni ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

body image; Brazil; breast neoplasm; sex roles; sexuality

Indexed keywords

EID: 84896545136     PISSN: 13691058     EISSN: 14645351     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13691058.2013.867075     Document Type: Article

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