The relationship of psychosocial factors to coronary heart disease in the framingham study: I. Methods and risk factors

American Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 107, Issue 5, 1978, Pages 362-383

  Haynes, Suzanne G ^a   Levine, Sol ^b   Scotch, Norman ^b   Feinleib, Manning ^a   Kannel, William B ^c  

^a NATIONAL HEART LUNG AND BLOOD INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c FRAMINGHAM HEART STUDY   (United States)

Author keywords

Age; Blood pressure; Cardiovascular diseases; Cholesterol; Psychological; Sex; Smoking; Socioeconomic factors; Stress

Indexed keywords

BLOOD AND HEMOPOIETIC SYSTEM; BLOOD PRESSURE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM; ECONOMIC ASPECT; EPIDEMIOLOGY; ETIOLOGY; MARRIAGE; PERSONALITY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SMOKING; SOCIOECONOMICS; STRESS;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; BEHAVIOR; BLOOD PRESSURE; CHOLESTEROL; CORONARY DISEASE; EMOTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MASSACHUSETTS; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK; SEX FACTORS; SMOKING; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 0018176736     PISSN: 00029262     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.aje.a112556     Document Type: Article

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