Hopelessness and 4-year progression of carotid atherosclerosis: The Kuopio Ischemic Heart Disease risk factor study

Arteriosclerosis, Thrombosis, and Vascular Biology

Volumn 17, Issue 8, 1997, Pages 1490-1495

  Everson, Susan A ^a,d   Kaplan, George A ^b   Goldberg, Debbie E ^a   Salonen, Riitta ^c   Salonen, Jukka T ^c  

^a PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b U S DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN FINLAND   (Finland)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Atherosclerosis; Hopelessness; Intima media thickening; Progression; Risk factor

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATHEROGENESIS; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CAROTID ARTERY DISEASE; CORONARY RISK; DATA ANALYSIS; FINLAND; HUMAN; INTIMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0030967914     PISSN: 10795642     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/01.ATV.17.8.1490     Document Type: Article

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