Using personality variables to predict cancer and heart disease

European Journal of Personality

Volumn 11, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 319-342

  Amelang, Manfred ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

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EID: 0031319242     PISSN: 08902070     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1099-0984(199712)11:5<319::aid-per304>3.0.co;2-d     Document Type: Article

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