Anger expression and incident hypertension

Psychosomatic Medicine

Volumn 60, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 730-735

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^d UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN FINLAND   (Finland)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Anger expression; Cardiovascular disease; Hypertension; Risk factors

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANGER; ARTICLE; FINLAND; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR;

EID: 0031756641     PISSN: 00333174     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006842-199811000-00014     Document Type: Article

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