The John Henryism and Framingham type a scales: Measurement properties in elderly blacks and whites

American Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 128, Issue 1, 1988, Pages 165-178

  Weinrich, Sally P ^a   Weinrich, Martin C ^a   Keil, Julian E ^b   Gazes, Peter C ^b   Potter, Ellen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

Behavior patterns; Coronary disease; Epidemiologic methods; Type A personality

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIOR; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RACE; SOCIAL STATUS; TYPE A BEHAVIOR;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; AGED; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CORONARY DISEASE; DEMOGRAPHY; EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGE; NEGROID RACE; PERSONALITY TESTS; PSYCHOMETRICS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SOUTH CAROLINA; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, P.H.S.; TYPE A PERSONALITY; WHITES;

EID: 0023952070     PISSN: 00029262     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.aje.a114938     Document Type: Article

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