Emotional distress in women presenting for breast imaging

Annals of Saudi Medicine

Volumn 19, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 511-514

  Gupta, R ^a   Nayak, M B ^a   Khoursheed, M ^a   Roy, S ^a  

^a KUWAIT UNIVERSITY   (Kuwait)

Author keywords

Breast imaging; Emotional distress; Psychiatric morbidity

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DEPRESSION; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; ECHOMAMMOGRAPHY; EDUCATION; EMOTIONAL STRESS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MAMMOGRAPHY; PAIN; PATIENT REFERRAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RATING SCALE; SCORING SYSTEM; SCREENING; SELF REPORT; SYMPTOM;

EID: 0033303522     PISSN: 02564947     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5144/0256-4947.1999.511     Document Type: Article

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