Sex differences in associations between psychosocial factors and aberrant crypt foci among patients at risk for colon cancer

Gender Medicine

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 165-171

  O'Leary, Katherine E ^a   Cruess, Dean G ^a,b   Pleau, Devon ^b   Swede, Helen ^b   Anderson, Joseph ^b   Rosenberg, Daniel ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT HEALTH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

aberrant crypt foci; colon cancer; depression; sex differences; social support

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER;

ABERRANT CRYPT FOCUS; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER REGRESSION; CANCER RISK; COLONOSCOPY; COLORECTAL CANCER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; PATIENT REFERRAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STANDARDIZATION;

ABERRANT CRYPT FOCI; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; COLONIC NEOPLASMS; COLONOSCOPY; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; LIFE STYLE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RISK FACTORS; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 79958766331     PISSN: 15508579     EISSN: 18787398     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.genm.2011.03.009     Document Type: Article

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