Levels of anxiety and depression in patients receiving radiotherapy in India

Psycho-Oncology

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 343-346

  Chaturvedi, Santosh K ^a   Chandra, Prabha S ^a   Channabasavanna, S M ^a   Anantha, N ^b   Reddy, B K M ^b   Sharma, Sanjeev ^b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH AND NEUROSCIENCES   (India)

^b KIDWAI MEMORIAL INSTITUTE OF ONCOLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CANCER; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INDIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; RADIOTHERAPY;

EID: 0030478482     PISSN: 10579249     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1099-1611(199612)5:4<343::AID-PON232>3.0.CO;2-N     Document Type: Article

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