Pessimism, age, and cancer mortality

Psychology and Aging

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 304-309

  Schulz, Richard ^a,e   Bookwala, Jamila ^a,e   Scheier, Michael ^b   Knapp, Judith E ^c   Williamson, Gail M ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^b CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; CANCER MORTALITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; COPING BEHAVIOR; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; PALLIATIVE CARE; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 0030016504     PISSN: 08827974     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0882-7974.11.2.304     Document Type: Article

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