Predicting worries about health after breast cancer surgery

Psycho-Oncology

Volumn 14, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 503-509

  Wade, Tracey D ^a   Nehmy, Thomas ^a   Koczwara, Bogda ^b  

^a FLINDERS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b FLINDERS MEDICAL CENTRE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; BREAST SURGERY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COPING BEHAVIOR; DEMOGRAPHY; DENIAL; FEAR; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MULTIPLE REGRESSION; PATIENT ATTITUDE; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREDICTION;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANXIETY; BREAST NEOPLASMS; FEAR; FEMALE; FORECASTING; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MIDDLE AGED; PROGNOSIS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

EID: 21244502932     PISSN: 10579249     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pon.866     Document Type: Article

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