Appraisal of emerging symptoms of colorectal cancer: Associations with dispositional, demographic, and tumor characteristics

Journal of Behavioral Medicine

Volumn 37, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 698-708

  Ristvedt, Stephen L ^a   Pruitt, Sandi L ^b   Trinkaus, Kathryn M ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Colorectal cancer; Common sense model; Sex differences; Symptom appraisal; Trait anxiety

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANXIETY; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; DELAYED DIAGNOSIS; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PSYCHOLOGY; SELF EVALUATION; SEX DIFFERENCE; TIME; VERY ELDERLY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANXIETY; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; DELAYED DIAGNOSIS; DEMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC SELF EVALUATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; SEX FACTORS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84905091208     PISSN: 01607715     EISSN: 15733521     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10865-013-9519-4     Document Type: Article

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