Exposure to New York City as a risk factor for heart attack mortality

Psychosomatic Medicine

Volumn 61, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 740-743

  Christenfeld, Nicholas ^a   Glynn, Laura M ^b   Phillips, David P ^a   Shrira, Ilan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Acute stress; Chronic stress; Heart disease; New York City

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CITY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIOECONOMICS; STRESS; UNITED STATES; URBAN AREA;

EID: 0032760464     PISSN: 00333174     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006842-199911000-00003     Document Type: Article

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