Hostility and increased risk of mortality and acute myocardial infarction: The mediating role of behavioral risk factors

American Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 146, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 142-152

  Everson, Susan A ^a   Kauhanen, Jussi ^b   Kaplan, George A ^c   Goldberg, Debbie E ^a   Julkunen, Juhani ^d   Tuomilehto, Jaakko ^e   Salonen, Jukka T ^b  

^a PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN FINLAND   (Finland)

^c CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^e NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

Author keywords

Behavior; Cardiovascular diseases; Hostility; Mortality; Myocardial infarction; Risk factors

Indexed keywords

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ADULT; AGGRESSION; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY RISK; HOSTILITY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; RISK FACTOR;

EID: 0030741925     PISSN: 00029262     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.aje.a009245     Document Type: Article

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