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Smoking, personality, and stress: psychosocial factors in the prevention of cancer and coronary heart disease

Book information

Publisher
Springer-Verlag
Year
2012
ISBN
9781461287711, 9781461244400, 1461287715
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
14 MB (14422585 bytes)
Pages
ix, 130 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm\137
Time added
2020-07-26 19:24:52

Description

1 Introduction: Debate Concerning the Effects of Smoking on Health.- 2 Does Quitting Smoking Save Lives?.- 3 How Strong is the Association Between Smoking and Disease?.- 4 The Methodology of Epidemiological Studies of Smoking.- 5 The Causes of Smoking: Needs or Addiction?.- 6 Personality and Stress as Risk Factors.- 7 Intervention Studies in Cancer and Coronary Heart Disease.- 8 Summary and Conclusions.- 9 Epilogue.- References.- Appendix: Short Disease-Proneness Inventory.- Author Index.

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