Trait anxiety and somatic concerns associate with increased mortality risk: A 23-year follow-up in aging men

Annals of Epidemiology

Volumn 24, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 463-468

  Tolmunen, Tommi ^a,b   Lehto, Soili M ^a,b   Julkunen, Juhani ^b,c   Hintikka, Jukka ^c,d,e   Kauhanen, Jussi ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN FINLAND   (Finland)

^b KUOPIO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^d PÄIJÄT HÄME CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^e TAMPERE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Finland)

Author keywords

Cancer; Cardiovascular; MMPI; Personality

Indexed keywords

HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL;

AGING; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CANCER MORTALITY; CARDIOVASCULAR MORTALITY; FOLLOW UP; HOMICIDE; HUMAN; LIFESTYLE; MALE; MARRIAGE; MEDICAL HISTORY; MINNESOTA MULTIPHASIC PERSONALITY INVENTORY; MORTALITY; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMOKING; SOCIAL STATUS; SUICIDE; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; TYPE A BEHAVIOR; ADULT; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CAUSE OF DEATH; CLASSIFICATION; EMOTIONAL DISORDER; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FINLAND; HEALTH STATUS; MENTAL STRESS; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM; PERSONALITY; PSYCHOLOGY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

ADULT; AFFECTIVE SYMPTOMS; AGING; ANXIETY; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CAUSALITY; CAUSE OF DEATH; CONFOUNDING FACTORS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); FINLAND; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; LIFE STYLE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; PERSONALITY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 84900807646     PISSN: 10472797     EISSN: 18732585     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.annepidem.2014.03.001     Document Type: Article

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