Hopelessness and Risk of Mortality and Incidence of Myocardial Infarction and Cancer

Psychosomatic Medicine

Volumn 58, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 113-121

  Everson, Susan A ^a   Goldberg, Debbie E ^a   Kaplan, George A ^b   Cohen, Richard D ^a   Pukkala, Eero ^c   Tuomilehto, Jaakko ^d   Salonen, Jukka T ^e  

^a PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c FINNISH CANCER REGISTRY   (Finland)

^d NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^e UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN FINLAND   (Finland)

Author keywords

Cancer; Depression; Hopelessness; Mortality; Myocardial infarction

Indexed keywords

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER; CANCER INCIDENCE; CAUSE OF DEATH; DEPRESSION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DOSE RESPONSE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MINNESOTA MULTIPHASIC PERSONALITY INVENTORY; MORTALITY; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR;

ADULT; DEPRESSION; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; NEOPLASMS; RISK FACTORS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

EID: 0029929446     PISSN: 00333174     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006842-199603000-00003     Document Type: Article

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