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- Title
Depression, Worry, and the Incidence of Cancer.
- Authors
Friedman, Gary D.
- Abstract
The article comments on evidence which give little support to the hypothesis that depression and stress increase the risk to cancer. Subscribers to the Kaiser Permanente Medical Care Program in Northern California were given multiphasic health check-ups to test the cancer hypothesis. The self assessment was done on one occasion. Some subjects may have changed their self-perception. Carcinogenic effects with longer latency could not be detected. Depression and worry were not measured by clinical evaluation or standardized testing.
- Subjects
CALIFORNIA; CANCER; HEALTH risk assessment; MENTAL depression; PSYCHOLOGICAL stress; MEDICAL care; SELF-perception; PATIENTS; KAISER Permanente Medical Care Program (Company)
- Publication
American Journal of Public Health, 1990, Vol 80, Issue 11, p1396
- ISSN
0090-0036
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.2105/AJPH.80.11.1396