Dispositional optimism and all-cause and cardiovascular mortality in a prospective cohort of elderly Dutch men and women

Archives of General Psychiatry

Volumn 61, Issue 11, 2004, Pages 1126-1135

  Giltay, Erik J ^a   Geleijnse, Johanna M ^b   Zitman, Frans G ^c   Hoekstra, Tiny ^b   Schouten, Evert G ^b  

^a GGZ Delfland   (Netherlands)

^b WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL;

AGE; AGED; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; BODY MASS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CHRONIC DISEASE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MALE; MORALITY; MORTALITY; NETHERLANDS; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCORING SYSTEM; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIOECONOMICS; SURVIVAL;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ATTITUDE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CAUSE OF DEATH; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; LONGEVITY; MALE; NETHERLANDS; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SAMPLING STUDIES; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 7744235962     PISSN: 0003990X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archpsyc.61.11.1126     Document Type: Article

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