Anxiety and depression among long-term survivors of cancer in Australia: Results of a population-based survey

Medical Journal of Australia

Volumn 191, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 294-295

  Couper, Jeremy W ^a,b   Love, Anthony W ^c   Pollard, Annabel C ^a   Bloch, Sidney ^b  

^a PETER MACCALLUM CANCER CENTRE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BALLARAT   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANXIETY; AUSTRALIA; CANCER SURVIVOR; DEPRESSION; HOSPITAL ANXIETY AND DEPRESSION SCALE; HUMAN; LETTER; PATIENT SELECTION; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; SURVIVAL TIME; WELLBEING;

EID: 77952316508     PISSN: 0025729X     EISSN: 13265377     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5694/j.1326-5377.2009.tb02800.x     Document Type: Letter

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