Quality of life in African American breast cancer survivors

Cancer Nursing

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 194-204

  Mollica, Michelle ^a,b   Nemeth, Lynne ^a   Newman, Susan D ^a   Mueller, Martina ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b D'YOUVILLE COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

African American; Breast cancer; Quality of life; Survivor

Indexed keywords

AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER SURVIVOR; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; HUMAN; MEDICAL RESEARCH; PHYSICAL WELL BEING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGICAL WELL BEING; PSYCHOMETRY; QUALITY OF LIFE; SOCIAL WELL BEING; SPIRITUAL WELL BEING; WELLBEING; ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADULT; AGE; AGED; BREAST TUMOR; CAUCASIAN; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGY; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; SURVIVOR;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; AGE FACTORS; AGED; BREAST NEOPLASMS; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUALITY OF LIFE; RISK FACTORS; SURVIVORS;

EID: 84930010151     PISSN: 0162220X     EISSN: 15389804     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/NCC.0000000000000160     Document Type: Article

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