Stressful life events and cancer risk

British Journal of Cancer

Volumn 95, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 1579-1581

  Bergelt, C ^a,b   Prescott, E ^c,d   Gronbaek M ^d,e   Koch, U ^b   Johansen, C ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF CANCER EPIDEMIOLOGY   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER HAMBURG EPPENDORF   (Germany)

^c Rigshospitalet   (Denmark)

^d BISPEBJERG HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^e UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Cohort study; Epidemiology; Neoplasms; Stress; Stressful life events

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CANCER RISK; CHRONIC DISEASE; CIGARETTE SMOKING; COHORT ANALYSIS; DEATH; FAMILY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIFE EVENT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SELF REPORT; SOCIOECONOMICS; STRESS;

FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; RISK FACTORS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 33845266282     PISSN: 00070920     EISSN: 15321827     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.bjc.6603471     Document Type: Article

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