Contextual factors influencing health-related quality of life in African American and Latina breast cancer survivors

Journal of Cancer Survivorship

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 441-449

  Miller, Aria M ^a,b   Ashing, Kimlin Tam ^b   Modeste, Naomi N ^a   Herring, R Patti ^a   Sealy, Diadrey Anne T ^a  

^a LOMA LINDA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CITY OF HOPE NATIONAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

African American; Breast cancer survivorship; Ethnic minority cancer survivors; Health related quality of life; Latina

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGED; BREAST TUMOR; COHORT ANALYSIS; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HISPANIC; HUMAN; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SURVIVOR; VERY ELDERLY;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BREAST NEOPLASMS; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; QUALITY OF LIFE; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; SURVIVORS;

EID: 84939180718     PISSN: 19322259     EISSN: 19322267     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11764-014-0420-0     Document Type: Article

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