Coping strategies and breast disorders/cancer
- 1 May 1992
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Cambridge University Press (CUP) in Psychological Medicine
- Vol. 22 (2) , 447-455
- https://doi.org/10.1017/s0033291700030397
Abstract
SYNOPSIS This prospective study of 2163 women attending a breast-screening clinic, or for a routine medical check-up, indicates that there is a statistically small but potentially important clinical link between the methods used to cope with stressful situations and breast disease.Keywords
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