Genetics and behavioral medicine: Risk factors for cardiovascular disease

Behavioral Medicine

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 141-149

  Vogler, George P ^a   McClearn, Gerald E ^a,b,c,d,e,f   Snieder, Harold ^c   Boomsma, Dorret I ^d   Palmer, Ray ^a   de Knijff, Peter ^e   Slagboom, P Eline ^f  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Center for Developmental and Health Genetics   (United States)

^c ST THOMAS HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^d VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^e LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^f TNO Institute of Prevention and Health in Leiden   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR GENETICS; BLOOD PRESSURE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; ENVIRONMENT; GENETIC EPIDEMIOLOGY; HEART RATE; HUMAN; OBESITY; RISK FACTOR; SINUS ARRHYTHMIA; STRESS;

EID: 0030940669     PISSN: 08964289     EISSN: 19404026     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08964289.1997.10543546     Document Type: Article

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