The Role of Personality in Cancer Onset and Survival

Handbook of Personality and Health

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 35-49

  Ranchor, Adelita V ^a   Sanderman, Robbert ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Cancer; Disease detection; Health behaviour concerns; Personality; Psychoticism

Indexed keywords

EID: 84889350262     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9780470713860.ch2     Document Type: Chapter

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