Type A behavior intervention in primary health care reduces hostility and time pressure: A study in Sweden

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 46, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 397-402

  Karlberg, Lena ^a   Krakau, Ingvar ^a   Undén, Anna Lena ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Behavior modification; Primary care; Sex differences; Type A behavior

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR MODIFICATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HOSTILITY; HUMAN; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MALE; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SWEDEN; TIME; TYPE A BEHAVIOR;

ADULT; CORONARY DISEASE; FAMILY PRACTICE; FEMALE; HOSTILITY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOTHERAPY; SEX FACTORS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; SWEDEN; TIME; TYPE A PERSONALITY;

EID: 0032007869     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0277-9536(97)00169-X     Document Type: Article

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