Prospective investigation of emotional control and cancer risk in men (the Zutphen Elderly Study) (The Netherlands)

Cancer Causes and Control

Volumn 11, Issue 7, 2000, Pages 589-595

  Tijhuis, M A R ^a   Elshout, J R A F ^b   Feskens, E J M ^a   Janssen, M ^c   Kromhout, D ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR PUBLIC HEALTH AND THE ENVIRONMENT   (Netherlands)

^b Nursing Home Elizabeth   (Netherlands)

^c MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Cancer; Emotions; Prospective studies; Repression

Indexed keywords

AGED; ANGER; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER RISK; DEMOGRAPHY; DEPRESSION; EMOTION; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HOSPITAL MANAGEMENT; HUMAN; LIFESTYLE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NETHERLANDS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIAL ASPECT; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; THEORY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANGER; ANXIETY; BODY MASS INDEX; DEPRESSION; EXPRESSED EMOTION; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIFE STYLE; MALE; NEOPLASMS; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 0033869205     PISSN: 09575243     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1008955818369     Document Type: Article

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