A prospective multicentre study in Sweden and Norway of mental distress and psychiatric morbidity in head and neck cancer patients

British Journal of Cancer

Volumn 80, Issue 5-6, 1999, Pages 766-774

  Hammerlid, E ^a   Ahlner Elmqvist, M ^e   Bjordal, K ^b,d   Biorklund A ^c   Evensen, J ^d   Boysen, M ^d   Jannert, M ^e   Kaasa, S ^b   Sullivan, M ^e   Westin, T ^a  

^a SAHLGRENSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b TRONDHEIM UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^c LUND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^d OSLO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^e NONE

Author keywords

HAD scale; Head and neck cancer; Psychiatric morbidity; Quality of life

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CANCER PATIENT; DEPRESSION; DISTRESS SYNDROME; FEMALE; HEAD AND NECK CANCER; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MULTICENTER STUDY; NORWAY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RATING SCALE; SWEDEN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANXIETY; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MARITAL STATUS; MIDDLE AGED; MOOD DISORDERS; MORBIDITY; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 0032894345     PISSN: 00070920     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.bjc.6690420     Document Type: Article

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