Chronically depressed mood and cancer risk in older persons

Journal of the National Cancer Institute

Volumn 90, Issue 24, 1998, Pages 1888-1893

  Penninx, Brenda W J H ^a,e   Guralnik, Jack M ^a   Pahor, Marco ^b   Ferrucci, Luigi ^c   Cerhan, James R ^d   Wallace, Robert B ^d   Havlik, Richard J ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON AGING   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

^c Geriatric Department   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; CANCER; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER RISK; CHRONIC DISEASE; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0032539216     PISSN: 00278874     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jnci/90.24.1888     Document Type: Article

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