Personality is associated with health status and impact of cancer among melanoma survivors.

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Published in Eur J Cancer on October 08, 2009

Authors

Floortje Mols1, Cynthia Holterhues, Tamar Nijsten, Lonneke V van de Poll-Franse

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Medical Psychology, Tilburg University, Center of Research on Psychology in Somatic Diseases, The Netherlands. F.Mols@uvt.nl

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