Personality predictors of the time course for lung cancer onset

Journal of Research in Personality

Volumn 42, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 1448-1455

  Augustine, Adam A ^a   Larsen, Randy J ^a   Walker, Mark S ^b   Fisher, Edwin B ^c  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Accelerated Community Oncology Research Network   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

Anxiety; Depression; Lung cancer; Negative affect; Personality

Indexed keywords

EID: 56349105929     PISSN: 00926566     EISSN: 10957251     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jrp.2008.06.006     Document Type: Article

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