Coping strategies in Egyptian ladies with breast cancer

Breast Cancer: Basic and Clinical Research

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 97-102

  Elsheshtawy, Eman A ^a   Abo Elez, Warda F ^a   Ashour, Hala S ^a   Farouk, Omar ^a   El Zaafarany, Maha I Esmael ^a  

^a MANSOURA UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Anxiety; Breast cancer; Coping; Depression; Egypt

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; BRIEF COPE SCALE; COPING BEHAVIOR; DEPRESSION; EGYPT; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ANXIETY AND DEPRESSION SCALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; RELIGION;

EID: 84901984460     PISSN: None     EISSN: 11782234     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4137/BCBCR.S14755     Document Type: Article

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