Association between psychological distress and mortality: Individual participant pooled analysis of 10 prospective cohort studies

BMJ (Online)

Volumn 345, Issue 7871, 2012, Pages

  Russ, Tom C ^a,b   Stamatakis, Emmanuel ^c   Hamer, Mark ^c   Starr, John M ^a,b,d   Kivimäki, Mika ^c   Batty, G David ^b,c  

^a Murray Royal Hospital   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d NHS LOTHIAN   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; CANCER MORTALITY; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CAUSE OF DEATH; CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMORBIDITY; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; DEATH CERTIFICATE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DISTRESS SYNDROME; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GENERAL HEALTH QUESTIONNAIRE; HAZARD RATIO; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALIGNANT NEOPLASTIC DISEASE; MORTALITY; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL STATUS; UNITED KINGDOM; AGED; MENTAL STRESS; META ANALYSIS; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CAUSE OF DEATH; ENGLAND; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 84865406009     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17561833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.e4933     Document Type: Article

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