Socioeconomic disparities in psychosocial wellbeing in cancer patients

European Journal of Cancer

Volumn 44, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 572-578

  Simon, Alice E ^a   Wardle, Jane ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cancer; Disparities; Distress; Psychosocial; Socioeconomic

Indexed keywords

ANXIETY; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER STAGING; COLORECTAL CANCER; COMORBIDITY; DEPRESSION; EDUCATION; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE CANCER; PSYCHOLOGICAL WELL BEING; QUALITY OF LIFE; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIOECONOMICS; WELLBEING;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANXIETY; DEPRESSION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ENGLAND; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; QUALITY OF LIFE; SOCIAL CLASS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 40249113092     PISSN: 09598049     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejca.2007.12.013     Document Type: Article

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