Personality traits in head and neck squamous cell carcinoma patients in relation to the disease state, disease extent and prognosis

Acta Oto-Laryngologica

Volumn 122, Issue 8, 2002, Pages 892-899

  Aarstad, Hans Jørgen ^a   Heimdal, John Helge ^a   Aarstad, Anne Kari H ^a,b   Olofsson, Jan ^a  

^a HAUKELAND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^b BERGEN UNIVERSITY COLLEGE   (Norway)

Author keywords

Alcohol; Extraversion; Head and neck; Lie score; Neoplasms; Neuroticism; Prognosis

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ADULT; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; EDUCATION; EXTRAVERSION; HEAD CANCER; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NECK CANCER; NEUROSIS; PERSONALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCORING SYSTEM; SMOKING; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA;

CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; EXTRAVERSION (PSYCHOLOGY); HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; LIFE STYLE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROTIC DISORDERS; PERSONALITY; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; PROGNOSIS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 0036965785     PISSN: 00016489     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0036554021000028066     Document Type: Article

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