Do adverse life events and mood disorders influence delayed presentation of breast cancer?

Journal of Psychosomatic Research

Volumn 48, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 171-175

  Burgess, C C ^a   Ramirez, A J ^a   Smith, P ^a   Richards, M A ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Anxiety; Breast cancer; Delay; Depression; Life events

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFFECTIVE NEUROSIS; AGED; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; DEPRESSION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; LIFE EVENT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SYMPTOM;

BREAST NEOPLASMS; DEPRESSION; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVIEW, PSYCHOLOGICAL; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; MOOD DISORDERS; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PREVALENCE; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0034076835     PISSN: 00223999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-3999(99)00106-3     Document Type: Article

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