The role of psychological variables in a group of melanoma patients: An Israeli sample

Psychosomatics

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 45-53

  Baider, Lea ^a   Perry, Shlomit ^b   Sison, Atonio ^b   Holland, Jimmie ^b   Uziely, Beatriz ^b   Kaplan Denour, Atara ^b  

^a HADASSAH HEBREW UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER RECURRENCE; CANCER STAGING; CONTROLLED STUDY; COPING BEHAVIOR; DISTRESS SYNDROME; FEMALE; GENDER; HUMAN; ISRAEL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MELANOMA; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; SELF REPORT; SEX DIFFERENCE;

EID: 0031019862     PISSN: 00333182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0033-3182(97)71503-2     Document Type: Article

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