Effect of Having a Sense of Purpose in Life on the Risk of Death from Cardiovascular Diseases

BACKGROUND: Many studies have focused on disease causality, but few of them deal with health-promoting factors. Thus, we examined the effect of having a sense of purpose in life (ikigai) on mortality from cardiovascular disease (CVD). METHODS: In 1988, we conducted a prospective cohort study of 2,95...

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Autores principales: Koizumi, Megumi, Ito, Hiroshi, Kaneko, Yoshihiro, Motohashi, Yutaka
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Japan Epidemiological Association 2008
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Original Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4771589/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18753736
http://dx.doi.org/10.2188/jea.JE2007388

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4771589/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18753736
http://dx.doi.org/10.2188/jea.JE2007388

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