Social support, gender and patient delay

British Journal of Cancer

Volumn 104, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 1249-1255

  Pedersen, A F ^a   Olesen, F ^a   Hansen, R P ^a   Zachariae, R ^a   Vedsted, P ^a  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

marital status; partner avoidance; partner support; patient delay; social support

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER PATIENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MARRIAGE; PARAMETER; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PATIENT DELAY; PERCEPTION; POPULATION BASED CASE CONTROL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL NETWORK; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

AGED; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; DELAYED DIAGNOSIS; DENMARK; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; PERCEPTION; POPULATION; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SPOUSES;

EID: 79954430262     PISSN: 00070920     EISSN: 15321827     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/bjc.2011.87     Document Type: Article

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