Anxiety and depressive symptoms and coping strategies in nasopharyngeal carcinoma patients in hospital Kuala Lumpur

Malaysian Journal of Medicine and Health Sciences

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 71-81

  Noor Jan Naing, K O ^a   Nor Azillah, A A ^a   Nooriny, I ^a   Tan, Ch ^a   Yeow, Y Y ^a   Hamidin, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY PUTRA MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Anxiety; Coping strategies; Depression; Nasopharyngeal carcinoma

Indexed keywords

EID: 77952594554     PISSN: 16758544     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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