Stress and coping in women with cervical and breast cancer in India

German Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 40-48

  Sharma, Yogesh ^a   Mattoo, Surendra K ^a   Kulhara, Paramanand ^a   Sharma, Suresh C ^a   Sharan, Pratap ^a  

^a POSTGRADUATE INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL EDUCATION AND RESEARCH   (India)

Author keywords

Anxiety; Body image; Breast; Cancer; Cervix; Coping; Depression; Psychological distress

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; BODY IMAGE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER MORTALITY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COPING BEHAVIOR; DENIAL; DEPRESSION; DISTRESS SYNDROME; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCOME; INDIA; MENTAL DISEASE; RATING SCALE; RURAL POPULATION; STRESS; URBAN POPULATION; UTERINE CERVIX CANCER;

EID: 0346670203     PISSN: 14331055     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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