Psychometric properties of the Malay Version of the Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale: A study of husbands of breast cancer patients in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 915-917

  Yusoff, Nasir ^a   Low, Wah Yun ^b   Yip, Cheng Har ^b  

^a SCHOOL OF HEALTH SCIENCES   (Malaysia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MALAYA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Depression and anxiety; HADS; Malay husbands of breast cancer patients; Validation

Indexed keywords

EID: 84856265037     PISSN: 15137368     EISSN: 2476762X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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