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Research Article

Emotional Isolation: Prevalence and the Effect on Well-being among 50-80-Year-Old Prostate Cancer Patients

Ásgeir R. Helgason, Paul W. Dickman, Jan Adolfsson, Gunnar Steineck Center of Public Health, Stockholm County Council, Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, Sweden; Department of Clinical Epidemiology, Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, Sweden; Department of Urology, Karolinska Institute, Huddinge University Hospital, Huddinge, Sweden; Center of Public Health, Stockholm County Council, Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, and Research Group for Clinical Epidemiology, Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, Sweden
Pages 97-101 | Published online: 09 Jul 2009

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