Psychological and behavioral implications of abnormal mammograms

Annals of Internal Medicine

Volumn 114, Issue 8, 1991, Pages 657-661

  Lerman, Caryn ^a   Trock, Bruce ^a   Rimer, Barbara K ^a   Boyce, Alice ^a   Jepson, Chris ^a   Engstrom, Paul F ^a  

^a FOX CHASE CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CANCER SCREENING; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MAMMOGRAPHY; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT;

AGED; ANXIETY; BREAST NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERVIEWS; MAMMOGRAPHY; MIDDLE AGE; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STATISTICS; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, P.H.S.;

EID: 0025815753     PISSN: 00034819     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7326/0003-4819-114-8-657     Document Type: Article

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