Anxiety status and its relationship with general health related quality of life among prostate cancer patients in two University hospitals in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

Iranian Journal of Public Health

Volumn 42, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 240-248

  Isa, Mohamad Rodi ^a,b   Moy, Foong Ming ^b   Abdul Razack, Azad Hassan ^b   Md Zainuddin, Zulkifli ^c   Zainal, Nur Zuraida ^b  

^a UNIVERSITI TEKNOLOGI MARA   (Malaysia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MALAYA   (Malaysia)

^c UNIVERSITI KEBANGSAAN MALAYSIA MEDICAL CENTER   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Anxiety; Health; Prostate cancer; Quality of life

Indexed keywords

EID: 84879144129     PISSN: 22516085     EISSN: 22516093     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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