Who is not reassured following benign diagnosis of breast symptoms?

Psycho-Oncology

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 239-246

  Meechan, G T ^a   Collins, J P ^b   Moss Morris, R E ^a   Petrie, K J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^b MIDDLEMORE HOSPITAL   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANXIETY; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER CENTER; CANCER RESEARCH; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MASTALGIA; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; MENTAL STRESS; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PATIENT EDUCATION; PREDICTION; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANXIETY; BREAST DISEASES; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CYSTS; DEMOGRAPHY; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; MOTIVATION; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

EID: 15544362919     PISSN: 10579249     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pon.841     Document Type: Article

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