Hostility, cigarette smoking and alcohol consumption in the general population

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 44, Issue 8, 1997, Pages 1089-1096

  Whiteman, M C ^a   Fowkes, F G R ^a   Deary, I J ^a   Lee, A J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Alcohol consumption; Cigarette smoking; Coronary disease risk; Hostility

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; CIGARETTE SMOKING; CORONARY RISK; FEMALE; HOSTILITY; HUMAN; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; LIFESTYLE; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PERSONALITY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; SOCIAL CLASS; THINKING; VARIANCE;

AGED; ALCOHOL DRINKING; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HOSTILITY; HUMANS; LIFE STYLE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; SCOTLAND; SMOKING; TYPE A PERSONALITY;

EID: 0030903237     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0277-9536(96)00236-5     Document Type: Article

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