Personality and the risk of cancer: A 16-year follow-up study of the GAZEL cohort

Psychosomatic Medicine

Volumn 75, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 262-271

  Lemogne, Cédric ^a,b,c,d   Consoli, Silla M ^a,b   Geoffroy Perez, Béatrice ^d,e   Coeuret Pellicer, Mireille ^f   Nabi, Hermann ^c,f   Melchior, Maria ^c,f   Limosin, Frédéric ^a,b,c   Zins, Marie ^d,f   Ducimetière, Pierre ^c,f   Goldberg, Marcel ^d,f   Cordier, Sylvaine ^g  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DESCARTES   (France)

^b ASSISTANCE PUBLIQUE HÔPITAUX DE PARIS   (France)

^c INSERM   (France)

^d Population based Cohorts Research Platform   (France)

^e INSTITUT DE VEILLE SANITAIRE   (France)

^f LABORATOIRE DES SCIENCES DU CLIMAT ET DE L ENVIRONNEMENT   (France)

^g UNIVERSITÉ DE RENNES 1   (France)

Author keywords

cancer; emotion; epidemiology; incidence; personality; risk

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER RISK; COLORECTAL CANCER; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HOSTILITY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PERSONALITY; PRIMARY TUMOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; PROSTATE CANCER; SMOKING; TYPE 1 PERSONALITY; TYPE 5 PERSONALITY; TYPE A BEHAVIOR;

EID: 84876292941     PISSN: 00333174     EISSN: 15347796     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/PSY.0b013e31828b5366     Document Type: Article

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