Adjustment to breast cancer: age‐related differences in coping and emotional distress
✍ Scribed by Bruce E. Compas; Miriam Frankel Stoll; Alexandra Harding Thomsen; Gerri Oppedisano; JoAnne E. Epping‐Jordan; David N. Krag
- Book ID
- 110232703
- Publisher
- Springer US
- Year
- 1999
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 63 KB
- Volume
- 54
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0167-6806
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