Clustering of personality traits in youth and the subsequent development of cancer among physicians

Journal of Behavioral Medicine

Volumn 10, Issue 5, 1987, Pages 441-447

  Shaffer, John W ^a   Graves, Pirkko L ^a   Swank, Robert T ^a   Pearson, Thomas A ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

cancer; cluster analysis; personality; survival

Indexed keywords

ADULT; CANCER; CONTROLLED STUDY; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PERSONALITY; PHYSICIAN; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SURVIVAL;

FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; NEOPLASMS; PERSONALITY TESTS; PHYSICIANS; PSYCHOMETRICS; RISK FACTORS; SOCIAL ISOLATION; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, P.H.S.;

EID: 0023584515     PISSN: 01607715     EISSN: 15733521     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF00846143     Document Type: Article

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