Self-reported psychological stress and the risk of breast cancer: A case-control study

Stress

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 162-171

  Kruk, Joanna ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SZCZECIN   (Poland)

Author keywords

Breast cancer; Case control study; Life events; Risk factors; Stress; Women

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; BREAST CANCER; BREAST FEEDING; CANCER RISK; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CIGARETTE SMOKING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEATH; DEMOGRAPHY; DEPRESSION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INJURY; LIFE EVENT; LIFESTYLE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MAMMOGRAPHY; MENTAL STRESS; POSTMENOPAUSE; PREMENOPAUSE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETIREMENT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCORING SYSTEM; SELF REPORT; STRUCTURED QUESTIONNAIRE;

ADULT; AGED; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO; QUESTIONNAIRES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SELF REPORT; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 84856194689     PISSN: 10253890     EISSN: 16078888     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/10253890.2011.606340     Document Type: Article

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