Personality is associated with health status and impact of cancer among melanoma survivors

European Journal of Cancer

Volumn 46, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 573-580

  Mols, Floortje ^a,b   Holterhues, Cynthia ^c   Nijsten, Tamar ^c   van de Poll Franse, Lonneke V ^a,b  

^a TILBURG UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b The Netherlands   (Netherlands)

^c ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Cancer survivors; Health status; Health related quality of life; Impact of cancer; Melanoma; Type D personality

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER SURVIVOR; COMORBIDITY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EMOTION; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; IMPACT OF CANCER QUESTIONNAIRE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MELANOMA; MENTAL HEALTH; PERSONALITY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; SELF EVALUATION; SHORT FORM 36; SOCIAL INTERACTION; STRUCTURED QUESTIONNAIRE; TYPE D PERSONALITY; TYPE D PERSONALITY SCALE;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; MALE; MELANOMA; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM STAGING; PERSONALITY; PERSONALITY ASSESSMENT; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SICKNESS IMPACT PROFILE; SURVIVORS;

EID: 75449112457     PISSN: 09598049     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejca.2009.09.016     Document Type: Article

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