Adversity over the life course: assessment and quantification issues!

Stress Medicine

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 205-211

  Surtees, P G ^a,b   Wainwright, N W J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b MRC BIOSTATISTICS UNIT   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cancer aetiology; Depression; Life events; Psychological adaptation; Statistical models

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; CANCER; CANCER INCIDENCE; CONFERENCE PAPER; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; LIFE EVENT; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; NUTRITION; POPULATION RESEARCH; PSYCHOANALYSIS; RISK FACTOR; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY;

EID: 0031793009     PISSN: 07488386     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1099-1700(1998100)14:4<205::aid-smi798>3.0.co;2-0     Document Type: Article

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