Are the effects of psychosocial exposures attributable to confounding? Evidence from a prospective observational study on psychological stress and mortality

Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health

Volumn 55, Issue 12, 2001, Pages 878-884

  Macleod, J ^a   Smith, G D ^b   Heslop, P ^b   Metcalfe, C ^b   Carroll, D ^a   Hart, C ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL;

CAUSE OF DEATH; EPIDEMIOLOGY; MORTALITY;

ADULT; AGE; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; CANCER; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY RISK; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EXERCISE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; LIFE EVENT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; MORTALITY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; RISK FACTOR; SMOKING; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIOECONOMICS; STROKE;

ADULT; ALCOHOL-RELATED DISORDERS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CONFOUNDING FACTORS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PSYCHOMETRICS; RESPIRATION DISORDERS; RISK FACTORS; SCOTLAND; SMOKING; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 0035191517     PISSN: 0143005X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jech.55.12.878     Document Type: Article

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