Hysterectomy and subsequent psychological health: Findings from a British birth cohort study

Journal of Affective Disorders

Volumn 115, Issue 1-2, 2009, Pages 122-130

  Cooper, Rachel ^a   Mishra, Gita ^a   Hardy, Rebecca ^a   Kuh, Diana ^a  

^a MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Birth cohort; GHQ 28; Hysterectomy; Women's health

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENERAL HEALTH QUESTIONNAIRE; HEALTH STATUS; HORMONE SUBSTITUTION; HUMAN; HYSTERECTOMY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SMOKING; SOCIOECONOMICS;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; COHORT STUDIES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; HYSTERECTOMY; MENTAL DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; OVARIECTOMY; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PSYCHOMETRICS; UTERINE NEOPLASMS;

EID: 62649093086     PISSN: 01650327     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jad.2008.08.017     Document Type: Article

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