Quality of life in breast cancer patients: Associations with optimism and social support
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a Departamento de Psicología, Universidad de los Andes, Bogotá, Colombia b Programa de Psicología, Facultad de Ciencias Sociales y Humanas, Universidad Externado de Colombia, Bogotá, Colombia c Faculty of Applied Human Studies, University of Applied Sciences Magdeburg and Stendal, Germany d Integrated Research and Treatment Center Adiposity Diseases, Leipzig University Medical Center, Germany e Department of Medical Psychology and Medical Sociology, University of Leipzig, Germany
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