Illness-related distress: Does it mean the same for men and women? - Gender aspects in cancer patients' distress and adjustment

Acta Oncologica

Volumn 38, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 747-755

  Keller, Monika ^a,b   Henrich, Gerhard ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER LOCALIZATION; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER STAGING; COPING BEHAVIOR; DISTRESS SYNDROME; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; AGED; AMBULATORY CARE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NEOPLASMS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEX FACTORS; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

EID: 0032848972     PISSN: 0284186X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/028418699432905     Document Type: Article

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