Is cancer risk associated with anger control and negative affect? Findings from a prospective cohort study

Psychosomatic Medicine

Volumn 69, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 667-674

  White, Victoria M ^a   English, Dallas R ^a,b,c   Coates, Hamish ^d   Lagerlund, Magdalena ^e   Borland, Ron ^a   Giles, Graham G ^a,b,c  

^a CANCER EPIDEMIOLOGY CENTRE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^c MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^e UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Anger control; Cancer risk; Cohort study; Negative affect

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANGER; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER RISK; COLORECTAL CANCER; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HAZARD RATIO; HUMAN; LUNG CANCER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MELANOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE CANCER;

ADULT; AFFECT; AGED; ANGER; AUSTRALIA; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 34648824383     PISSN: 00333174     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/PSY.0b013e31814d4e6a     Document Type: Article

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