Are hostility and anxiety associated with carotid atherosclerosis in healthy postmenopausal women?

Psychosomatic Medicine

Volumn 60, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 633-638

  Matthews, Karen A ^a   Owens, Jane F ^a   Kuller, Lewis H ^b   Sutton Tyrrell, Kim ^b   Jansen McWilliams, Linda ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH GRADUATE SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Anger; Anxiety; Carotid atherosclerosis; Women

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CAROTID ARTERY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HOSTILITY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; POSTMENOPAUSE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOMETRY; PSYCHOSOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; TYPE A BEHAVIOR;

EID: 0031682288     PISSN: 00333174     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006842-199809000-00021     Document Type: Article

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