The protective role of trait anxiety: A longitudinal cohort study

Psychological Medicine

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 345-351

  Lee, W E ^a   Wadsworth, M E J ^b   Hotopf, M ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ACCIDENTAL DEATH; ADOLESCENCE; ARTICLE; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; NEUROSIS; POPULATION RESEARCH; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; PROTECTION; QUESTIONNAIRE; RATING SCALE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK REDUCTION; SELF REPORT; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIOECONOMICS; UNITED KINGDOM;

ACCIDENTS; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; ANXIETY DISORDERS; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBSERVER VARIATION; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; SAMPLING STUDIES; SEX DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 33646564085     PISSN: 00332917     EISSN: 14698978     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0033291705006847     Document Type: Article

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