Psychological differences between young male and female survivors of myocardial infarction

Psychotherapy and Psychosomatics

Volumn 65, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 327-330

  Uusküla, Maido ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TARTU   (Estonia)

Author keywords

Alexithymia; Anxiety; Exhaustion; Myocardial infarction; Young age

Indexed keywords

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ADULT; ALEXITHYMIA; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; EXHAUSTION; FATIGUE; FEMALE; HUMAN; IRRITABILITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF REPORT; SEX DIFFERENCE; TYPE A BEHAVIOR;

EID: 0029830875     PISSN: 00333190     EISSN: 14230348     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000289092     Document Type: Article

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