Lung cancer, myocardial infarction, and the grossarth-maticek personality types: A case-control study in fukuoka, Japan

Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 11, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 281-287

  Nagano, Jun ^a   Sudo, Nobuyuki ^a   Kubo, Chiharu ^a   Kono, Suminori ^a  

^a KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Case control study; Grossarth Maticek; Lung cancer; Myocardial infarction; Personality

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; FEMALE; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; JAPAN; LUNG TUMOR; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERSONALITY TEST; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICS;

ADULT; AGED; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; DISEASE SUSCEPTIBILITY; FEMALE; HUMANS; JAPAN; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 37849186692     PISSN: 09175040     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2188/jea.11.281     Document Type: Article

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