Decreasing women's anxieties after abnormal mammograms: A controlled trial

Journal of the National Cancer Institute

Volumn 96, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 529-538

  Barton, Mary B ^a   Morley, Debra S ^a   Moore, Sara ^a   Allen, Jennifer D ^b   Kleinman, Ken P ^a   Emmons, Karen M ^b   Fletcher, Suzanne W ^a  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER SCREENING; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; COPING BEHAVIOR; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INTERVIEW; LIFE EVENT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MAMMOGRAPHY; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PATIENT EDUCATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RATING SCALE; SCORING SYSTEM; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SYMPTOM; TELEPHONE; AGED; BREAST TUMOR; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; MASS SCREENING; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDY; QUESTIONNAIRE; TIME; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AGED; ANXIETY; BOSTON; BREAST NEOPLASMS; FALSE POSITIVE REACTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAMMOGRAPHY; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT EDUCATION; QUESTIONNAIRES; RESEARCH DESIGN; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 1842866391     PISSN: 00278874     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jnci/djh083     Document Type: Article

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