Dispositional optimism and the risk of cardiovascular death: The Zutphen Elderly Study

Archives of Internal Medicine

Volumn 166, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 431-436

  Giltay, Erik J ^a   Kamphuis, Marjolein H ^b   Kalmijn, Sandra ^b   Zitman, Frans G ^c   Kromhout, Daan ^d,e  

^a GGZ Delfland   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^c LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

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

^e WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; OPTIMISM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RELIABILITY; SCORING SYSTEM;

AFFECT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; HUMANS; MALE; NETHERLANDS; RISK FACTORS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 33644593408     PISSN: 00039926     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/.431     Document Type: Article

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