Alexithymia and cancer-related fatigue: A controlled cross-sectional study

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Volumn 96, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 131-137

  Gritti, Paolo ^a   Lombardi, Salvatore ^a   Nobile, Barbara ^a   Trappoliere, Paola ^a   Gambardella, Antonio ^a   Di Caprio, Ester Livia ^a   Resicato, Gianluca ^a  

^a SECOND UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ALEXITHYMIA; ARTICLE; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER FATIGUE; CANCER PATIENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE DURATION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PERCEPTION; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCORING SYSTEM; SEX DIFFERENCE;

ADULT; AFFECTIVE SYMPTOMS; AGED; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FATIGUE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; QUESTIONNAIRES; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 77950814018     PISSN: 03008916     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/030089161009600121     Document Type: Article

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