Self-reported stress and risk of endometrial cancer: A prospective cohort study

Psychosomatic Medicine

Volumn 69, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 383-389

  Nielsen, Naja Rod ^a,b   Strandberg Larsen, Katrine ^a   Grønbæk, Morten ^a   Kristensen, Tage S ^c   Schnohr, Peter ^d   Zhang, Zuo Feng ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c NATIONAL RESEARCH CENTRE FOR THE WORKING ENVIRONMENT   (Denmark)

^d BISPEBJERG HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Endometrial neoplasms; Estrogens; Prospective studies; Psychological stress

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER REGISTRY; CANCER RISK; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOMETRIUM CANCER; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HORMONE SUBSTITUTION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENTAL STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RATING SCALE; SELF REPORT;

EID: 34249021955     PISSN: 00333174     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/PSY.0b013e31804301d3     Document Type: Article

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