Psychological distress in cancer patients attending the European Institute of Oncology in Milan

Oncology

Volumn 57, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 297-302

  Brédart, Anne ^a   Didier, F ^a   Robertson, C ^a   Scaffidi, E ^a   Fonzo, D ^a   Costa, A ^a   Goldhirsch, A ^a   Autier, P ^a  

^a EUROPEAN INSTITUTE OF ONCOLOGY   (Italy)

Author keywords

Anxiety disorder, generalised; Depressive disorder, major; Hospital anxiety and depression scale (HADS); Interventions, psychosocial, psychiatric

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANXIETY NEUROSIS; ARTICLE; CANCER PATIENT; DISTRESS SYNDROME; FAMILY LIFE; FATIGUE; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; ITALY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIPLE REGRESSION; NAUSEA; ONCOLOGY; PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL LIFE; SOCIAL STATUS; VOMITING;

EID: 0345008904     PISSN: 00302414     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000012064     Document Type: Article

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