Higher levels of social support predict greater survival following acute myocardial infarction: The corpus christi heart project

Behavioral Medicine

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 59-66

  Farmer, Ivette Prado ^a   Meyer, Pamela S ^a   Ramsey, David J ^a   Goff, David C ^a   Wear, Mary L ^a   Labarthe, Darwin R ^a   Nichaman, Milton Z ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CAUCASIAN; DIABETES MELLITUS; EDUCATION; EMPLOYMENT; ETHNIC GROUP; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; GENDER; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; HYPERTENSION; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MARRIAGE; MORTALITY; PREDICTION; RATING SCALE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SMOKING; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SURVIVAL; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0029801638     PISSN: 08964289     EISSN: 19404026     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08964289.1996.9933765     Document Type: Article

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