The structure and demographic correlates of cancer fear

BMC Cancer

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Vrinten, Charlotte ^a   van Jaarsveld, Cornelia H M ^a,b   Waller, Jo ^a   von Wagner, Christian ^a   Wardle, Jane ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Anxiety; Cancer fear; Cancer worry; Education; Ethnicity; Gender; Older adults; STAI

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO ILLNESS; COMMUNITY SAMPLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EMOTIONAL STRESS; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; ETHNIC GROUP; FEAR; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MARRIAGE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM; PATIENT WORRY; PREVALENCE; SECONDARY ANALYSIS; SELF CONCEPT; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATE TRAIT ANXIETY INVENTORY; UNITED KINGDOM; EPIDEMIOLOGY; ETIOLOGY; MENTAL STRESS; PSYCHOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR;

ANXIETY; FEAR; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 84922731077     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712407     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2407-14-597     Document Type: Article

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