Symptoms of psychological distress predict 7-year mortality

Psychological Medicine

Volumn 25, Issue 5, 1995, Pages 1073-1086

  Huppert, Felicia A ^a   Whittington, Joyce E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COMMUNITY; DISTRESS SYNDROME; EXTRAVERSION; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; LIFESTYLE; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MORTALITY; NEUROSIS; NORMAL HUMAN; PERSONALITY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK; SELF CONCEPT; SLEEP; SMOKING; SOCIAL CLASS; SURVIVAL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGE; PERSONALITY; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; QUESTIONNAIRES; SLEEP DISORDERS; SMOKING; SOCIAL CLASS; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T;

EID: 0029087607     PISSN: 00332917     EISSN: 14698978     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0033291700037569     Document Type: Article

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