Psychological factors related to delay in consultation for cancer symptoms

Psycho-Oncology

Volumn 14, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 339-350

  Ristvedt, Stephen L ^a   Trinkaus, Kathryn M ^b  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CANCER SCREENING; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONSULTATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; KAPLAN MEIER METHOD; KRUSKAL WALLIS TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT REFERRAL; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RATING SCALE; RECTUM CANCER; SCORING SYSTEM; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

ADULT; AFFECT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 18744403733     PISSN: 10579249     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pon.850     Document Type: Article

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