Psychosocial Correlates of Survival in Advanced Malignant Disease?

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 312, Issue 24, 1985, Pages 1551-1555

  Cassileth, Barrie R ^a   Lusk, Edward J ^a   Miller, David S ^a   Brown, Lorraine L ^a   Miller, Clifford ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BREAST; BREAST CANCER; CLINICAL ARTICLE; HUMAN; MELANOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOSOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIAL ASPECT; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SURVIVAL; THERAPY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0021831259     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: 15334406     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJM198506133122406     Document Type: Article

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