Gender differences in outcomes among patients with cancer

Psycho-Oncology

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 197-206

  Greimel, Elfriede R ^a   Padilla, Geraldine V ^b   Grant, Marcia M ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ   (Austria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c CITY OF HOPE NATIONAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER PATIENT; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; QUALITY OF LIFE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIOECONOMICS;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; ADULT; AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; COST OF ILLNESS; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; QUALITY OF LIFE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SELF CARE; SEX FACTORS; SICK ROLE; SOCIAL SUPPORT; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

EID: 0031804398     PISSN: 10579249     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1099-1611(199805/06)7:3<197::AID-PON303>3.0.CO;2-Q     Document Type: Article

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