Perioperative pain, psychological distress, and immune function in men undergoing prostatectomy for cancer of the prostate

Biological Research for Nursing

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 351-362

  Yermal, Stephen J ^a   Witek Janusek, Linda ^a   Peterson, Jonna ^b   Mathews, Herbert L ^b  

^a LOYOLA UNIVERSITY CHICAGO   (United States)

^b LOYOLA UNIVERSITY CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Mood disturbance; Natural killer cells; Perioperative pain; Prostate cancer; Psychological distress; Psychoneuroimmunology

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; HUMAN; IMMUNOLOGY; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; PROSTATE TUMOR; PROSTATECTOMY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT;

AGED; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN, POSTOPERATIVE; PROSTATECTOMY; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 77949780407     PISSN: 10998004     EISSN: 15524175     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1099800409343204     Document Type: Article

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