Anxiety and depression in cataract surgery: A pilot study in the elderly

Psychological Reports

Volumn 99, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 257-265

  Mitsonis, Charalampos I ^a,e   Mitropoulos, Panagiotis A ^b   Dimopoulos, Nikolaos P ^a   Mitsonis, Mihail I ^c   Andriotis, Nikolaos M ^a   Gitsa, Olympia E ^d   Mitsonis, Ioannis M ^c  

^a Psychiatric Hospital of Athens   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PATRAS   (Greece)

^c Tzanio General Hospital of Piraeus   (Greece)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^e NONE   (Greece)

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EID: 33749847556     PISSN: 00332941     EISSN: 1558691X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2466/PR0.99.1.257-265     Document Type: Article

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