A prospective study of anger and coronary heart disease: The normative aging study

Circulation

Volumn 94, Issue 9, 1996, Pages 2090-2095

  Kawachi, Ichiro ^a   Sparrow, David ^c   Spiro III, Avron ^c   Vokonas, Pantel ^b   Weiss, Scott T ^d  

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS   (United States)

^c HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^d BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

anger; coronary disease; stress

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANGER; ARTICLE; CORONARY RISK; CORRELATION FUNCTION; HUMAN; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR;

EID: 0029823613     PISSN: 00097322     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/01.CIR.94.9.2090     Document Type: Article

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