Age-specific norms and determinants of anxiety and depression in 731 women with breast cancer recruited through a population-based cancer registry

European Journal of Cancer

Volumn 39, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 755-762

  Osborne, R H ^a   Elsworth, G R ^b   Hopper, J L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b West Wing Royal Melbourne Hospital ^*

Author keywords

Anxiety; Breast cancer; Coping; Depression; HADS; Prevalence

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER REGISTRY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MORBIDITY; POPULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RISK FACTOR; SCORING SYSTEM; SOCIAL STATUS; SOCIOECONOMICS;

EID: 0346035002     PISSN: 09598049     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0959-8049(02)00814-6     Document Type: Article

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