Is perceived nervousness and anxiety a predictor of premature mortality and severe morbidity? A longitudinal follow up of the Swedish survey of living conditions

Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health

Volumn 59, Issue 9, 2005, Pages 794-798

  Weitoft, Gunilla Ringbäck ^a   Rosén, Måns ^a,b  

^a CENTRE FOR EPIDEMIOLOGY   (Sweden)

^b KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEALTH RISK;

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH SURVEY; HEART MUSCLE ISCHEMIA; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; NERVOUSNESS; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; SMOKING HABIT; SUICIDE ATTEMPT; SWEDEN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANXIETY; CHRONIC DISEASE; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; MORBIDITY; MYOCARDIAL ISCHEMIA; RISK FACTORS; SELF CONCEPT; SEX DISTRIBUTION; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; SUICIDE, ATTEMPTED; SWEDEN;

EID: 23844475117     PISSN: 0143005X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jech.2005.033076     Document Type: Article

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