Aggressive/hostile personality traits and injury accidents: An eight-year prospective study of a large cohort of French employees - The GAZEL cohort

Psychological Medicine

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 365-373

  Nabi, Hermann ^a,b   Consoli, Silla M ^c   Chiron, Mireille ^d   Lafont, Sylviane ^d   Chastang, Jean François ^a,b   Zins, Marie ^a,b   Lagarde, Emmanuel ^a,b  

^a INSERM   (France)

^b IGR   (France)

^c HÔPITAL EUROPÉEN GEORGES POMPIDOU   (France)

^d University Lyon   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; ACCIDENT PRONENESS; ACCIDENTAL INJURY; ADULT; AGGRESSIVENESS; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ANGER; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; COVARIANCE; DEFENSE MECHANISM; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DRIVING ABILITY; EMPLOYEE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FRANCE; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HOSTILITY; HUMAN; IRRITABILITY; MALE; PERSONALITY DISORDER; PREDICTION; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PSYCHOMETRY; PSYCHOPATHY; QUESTIONNAIRE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCORING SYSTEM; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; TRAFFIC SAFETY;

EID: 33646571920     PISSN: 00332917     EISSN: 14698978     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0033291705006562     Document Type: Article

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