European Journal of Cancer
Volume 45, Issue 10 , Pages 1839-1845, July 2009

Unrelieved symptoms of female cancer patients during their last months of life and long-term psychological morbidity in their widowers: A nationwide population-based study

  • Junmei Miao Jonasson

      Affiliations

    • Division of Clinical Cancer Epidemiology, Department of Oncology-Pathology, Karolinska Institutet Z5:U1, Karolinska Hospital, SE-17176 Stockholm, Sweden
    • Division of Clinical Cancer Epidemiology, Department of Oncology, Sahlgrenska Academy, Göteborg’s University, Kapellgången 9, Landala, 41345 Göteborg, Sweden
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author: Address: Division of Clinical Cancer Epidemiology, Department of Oncology, Sahlgrenska Academy, Göteborg’s University, Kapellgången 9, Landala, 41345 Göteborg, Sweden. Tel.: +46 31 814751; fax: +46 31 209250.
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  • Arna Hauksdóttir

      Affiliations

    • Division of Clinical Cancer Epidemiology, Department of Oncology-Pathology, Karolinska Institutet Z5:U1, Karolinska Hospital, SE-17176 Stockholm, Sweden
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  • Unnur Valdimarsdóttir

      Affiliations

    • Division of Clinical Cancer Epidemiology, Department of Oncology-Pathology, Karolinska Institutet Z5:U1, Karolinska Hospital, SE-17176 Stockholm, Sweden
    • Department of Medical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Karolinska Institutet, Nobel väg 12a, Box 281, 17177 Stockholm, Sweden
    • Centre of Public Health Sciences, University of Iceland, Stapi v. Hringbraut, 101 Reykjavík, Iceland
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  • Carl Johan Fürst

      Affiliations

    • Stockholms Sjukhem Foundation, Mariebergsgatan 22, 11235 Stockholm, Sweden
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  • Erik Onelöv

      Affiliations

    • Division of Clinical Cancer Epidemiology, Department of Oncology-Pathology, Karolinska Institutet Z5:U1, Karolinska Hospital, SE-17176 Stockholm, Sweden
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  • Gunnar Steineck

      Affiliations

    • Division of Clinical Cancer Epidemiology, Department of Oncology-Pathology, Karolinska Institutet Z5:U1, Karolinska Hospital, SE-17176 Stockholm, Sweden
    • Division of Clinical Cancer Epidemiology, Department of Oncology, Sahlgrenska Academy, Göteborg’s University, Kapellgången 9, Landala, 41345 Göteborg, Sweden

Received 14 January 2009; received in revised form 23 January 2009; accepted 4 February 2009. published online 09 March 2009.

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PII: S0959-8049(09)00098-7

doi:10.1016/j.ejca.2009.02.008

European Journal of Cancer
Volume 45, Issue 10 , Pages 1839-1845, July 2009

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