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

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

Hans J. Eysenck

Springer-Verlag, c1991

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  • : gw

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Includes bibliographical references

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: us ISBN 9780387974934

内容説明

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.

目次

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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: gw ISBN 9783540974888

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Arising from the third Cary Conference held in 1989, "Comparative Analyses of Ecosystems" investigates the utility and limitations of cross-system comparisons in ecology. The contributors, all well-known in their field, support their conclusions on the use and meaning of such comparisons by presenting novel analyses of data utilizing a variety of cross-system approaches in marine, freshwater, and terrestrial systems. This monograph on environmental sciences, agriculture and agronomy, environmental geology is intended for researchers and graduate students.

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