Does Childhood Misfortune Increase Cancer Risk in Adulthood?
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Does childhood misfortune increase cancer risk in adulthood?
OBJECTIVE To address the inconsistent findings on whether childhood misfortune increases adult cancer occurrence. METHODS This study uses longitudinal data from the National Survey of Midlife Development in the United States (MIDUS) that first sampled 3,032 respondents aged 25 to 74 during 1995-1996. A series of logistic regressions were estimated separately for men and women to test whether ...
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Aging and Health
سال: 2012
ISSN: 0898-2643,1552-6887
DOI: 10.1177/0898264312449184