Personality implications of adaption-innovation: VI. adaption-innovation as a predictor of disease proneness

Social Behavior and Personality

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 223-228

  Skinner, Nicholas ^a   Fox Francoeur, Courtney ^b  

^a KING S UNIVERSITY COLLEGE   (Canada)

^b LONDON HEALTH SCIENCES CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Adaptioninnovation; Cancer; Cognitive style; Coronary heart disease; Disease proneness

Indexed keywords

EID: 84878044244     PISSN: 03012212     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2224/sbp.2013.41.2.223     Document Type: Article

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