Invited commentary: Personality as a causal factor in cancer risk and mortality - Time to retire a hypothesis?

American Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 172, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 386-388

  Ranchor, Adelita V ^a   Sanderman, Robbert ^a   Coyne, James C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

extraversion (psychology); neoplasms; personality; personality inventory; psychology; risk factors; stress (psychological); survival

Indexed keywords

CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER RISK; CANCER SURVIVAL; EXTRAVERSION; HUMAN; LUNG CANCER; METHODOLOGY; NEUROSIS; NOTE; PERSONALITY; PROGNOSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SAMPLE SIZE; SMOKING; MORTALITY; NEOPLASM; PSYCHOLOGY; PUBLISHING; RISK FACTOR;

EXTRAVERSION (PSYCHOLOGY); HUMANS; NEOPLASMS; NEUROTIC DISORDERS; PERSONALITY; PUBLICATION BIAS; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 77955889200     PISSN: 00029262     EISSN: 14766256     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aje/kwq210     Document Type: Note

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