Fear of cancer among women undergoing hysterectomy for benign conditions

Psychosomatic Medicine

Volumn 67, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 420-424

  Gallicchio, Lisa ^a   Harvey, Lynn A ^b   Kjerulff, Kristen H ^b  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Anxiety; Cancer fear; Hysterectomy; Women's health

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; CANCER RISK; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DEPRESSION; EDUCATION; FEAR; FEMALE; GYNECOLOGIC CANCER; GYNECOLOGIC DISEASE; HUMAN; HYSTERECTOMY; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEGRO; PATIENT INFORMATION; PERCEPTION; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIAL STATUS; UNITED STATES;

AGE FACTORS; ANXIETY; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; CONTINENTAL POPULATION GROUPS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEPRESSION; FEAR; FEMALE; GENITAL DISEASES, FEMALE; GENITAL NEOPLASMS, FEMALE; HUMANS; HYSTERECTOMY; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 19444362382     PISSN: 00333174     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.psy.0000160472.69303.56     Document Type: Article

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