Partnership status influences quality of life in low-income, uninsured men with prostate cancer

Cancer

Volumn 104, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 191-198

  Gore, John L ^a   Krupski, Tracey ^a   Kwan, Lorna ^a   Maliski, Sally ^a   Litwin, Mark S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Disadvantaged; Marital relationship; Medically uninsured; Prostate cancer; Quality of life

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE CANCER; QUALITY OF LIFE;

ADENOCARCINOMA; AGED; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; MALE; MARITAL STATUS; MEDICALLY UNINSURED; MENTAL HEALTH; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; QUALITY OF LIFE; SICKNESS IMPACT PROFILE; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT;

EID: 20544462852     PISSN: 0008543X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cncr.21139     Document Type: Article

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