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Smoking, personality, and stress : psychosocial factors in the prevention of cancer and coronary heart disease
- Title
- Smoking, personality, and stress : psychosocial factors in the prevention of cancer and coronary heart disease / H.J. Eysenck.
- Author
- Eysenck, H. J. (Hans Jurgen), 1916-1997.
- Publication
- New York : Springer-Verlag, [1991]
- ©1991
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
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| Text | Use in library | RA645.C3 E98 1991 | Off-site |
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- Description
- ix, 130 pages : illustrations; 25 cm
- Summary
- It is often suggested that the incidence of cancer and coronary heart disease could be much reduced or even eliminated if only people would stop smoking cigarettes and eat fewer high-cholesterol foods. The evidence, however, shows that such views are simplistic and unrealistic and that, instead, cancer and CHD are the product of many risk factors acting synergistically. Psychosocial factors (stress, personality) are six times as predictive as smoking, cholesterol level or blood pressure and much more responsive to prophylactic treatment. This book admits that, while smoking is a risk factor for cancer and CHD, its effects have been exaggerated. A more realistic appraisal of a very complex chain of events incorporating many diverse factors is given, and appropriate action to prevent cancer and coronary heart disease is discussed.
- Subject
- Cancer > Epidemiology
- Smoking > Health aspects
- Coronary heart disease > Epidemiology
- Stress (Psychology)
- Personality
- Coronary Disease > prevention & control
- Neoplasms > prevention & control
- Personality
- Risk Factors
- Smoking > adverse effects
- Smoking > psychology
- Stress, Psychological
- 44.07 behavioral medicine
- Cancer > Epidemiology
- Coronary heart disease > Epidemiology
- Smoking > Health aspects
- Persönlichkeit
- Stress
- Risikofaktor
- Krebsrisiko
- Raucher
- Koronare Herzkrankheit
- Krebs Medizin
- Prävention
- Rauchen
- Stressreaktion
- Vergleich
- Verhaltensmodifikation
- Stress
- Persoonlijkheid
- Preventie
- Kanker
- Hart- en vaatziekten
- Roken
- Cancer > Psychological aspects
- Coronary heart disease > Psychological aspects
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 96-113) and indexes.
- Contents
- does quitting smoking save lives? -- how strong is the association between smoking and disease? -- the methodology of epidemiological studies of smoking -- the causes of smoking: needs or addiction? -- personality and stress as risk factors -- intervention studies in cancer and coronary heart disease.
- ISBN
- 0387974938
- 9780387974934
- 3540974938
- 9783540974932
- 0387974881
- 9780387974880
- 3540974881
- 9783540974888
- LCCN
- 90010443
- OCLC
- ocm22763423
- 22763423
- SCSB-1962609
- Owning Institutions
- Princeton University Library