Giving to others and the association between stress and mortality

American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 103, Issue 9, 2013, Pages 1649-1655

  Poulin, Michael J ^a   Brown, Stephanie L ^b   Dillard, Amanda J ^c   Smith, Dylan M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

^b STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c GRAND VALLEY STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; COOPERATION; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; LIFE EVENT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PSYCHOLOGY; RISK FACTOR; UNITED STATES; VERY ELDERLY;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HELPING BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; MALE; MICHIGAN; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PSYCHOLOGY; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 84881514926     PISSN: 00900036     EISSN: 15410048     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2012.300876     Document Type: Article

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