Optimism, pessimism, and mortality

Mayo Clinic Proceedings

Volumn 75, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 133-134

  Seligman, M E P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEPRESSION; EDITORIAL; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; IMMUNE SYSTEM; MORTALITY; PERSONALITY; PREDICTION; SELF CONCEPT; SELF ESTEEM;

EID: 0033950640     PISSN: 00256196     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0025-6196(11)64182-7     Document Type: Editorial

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