Childhood adversity and cumulative life stress: Risk factors for cancer-related fatigue

Clinical Psychological Science

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 108-115

  Bower, Julienne E ^a   Crosswell, Alexandra D ^a   Slavich, George M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Breast cancer; Child trauma; Fatigue; Health; Stressful life events

Indexed keywords

EID: 84898449160     PISSN: 21677026     EISSN: 21677034     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/2167702613496243     Document Type: Article

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