Perceived psychologic stress and colorectal cancer mortality: Findings from the Japan collaborative cohort study

Psychosomatic Medicine

Volumn 67, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 72-77

  Kojima, Masayo ^a   Wakai, Kenji ^b,c   Tokudome, Shinkan ^a   Tamakoshi, Koji ^c   Toyoshima, Hideaki ^c   Watanabe, Yoshiyuki ^d   Hayakawa, Norihiko ^e   Suzuki, Koji ^f   Hashimoto, Shuji ^g   Kawado, Miyuki ^g   Suzuki, Sadao ^a   Ito, Yoshinori ^f   Tamakoshi, Akiko ^c  

^a NAGOYA CITY UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

^b AICHI CANCER CENTER HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^c NAGOYA UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^d KYOTO PREFECTURAL UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^e HIROSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^f FUJITA HEALTH UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^g FUJITA HEALTH UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cohort study; Colorectal carcinoma; Perceived stress; Psychosocial factors

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER RISK; COHORT ANALYSIS; COLORECTAL CARCINOMA; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; JAPAN; LIFESTYLE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RECTUM CARCINOMA; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY;

ADULT; AGED; CAUSE OF DEATH; COHORT STUDIES; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; JAPAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK; RISK FACTORS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SEX FACTORS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 19944434225     PISSN: 00333174     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.psy.0000151742.43774.6d     Document Type: Article

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