Anger and incident heart disease in the Caerphilly study

Psychosomatic Medicine

Volumn 61, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 446-453

  Gallacher, John E J ^a,d   Yarnell, John W G ^b   Sweetnam, Peter M ^a   Elwood, Peter C ^a   Stansfeld, Stephen A ^c  

^a LLANDOUGH HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

^c ROYAL FREE AND UNIVERSITY COLLEGE MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

^d CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Anger; Heart disease; Hostility

Indexed keywords

FIBRINOGEN; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL;

ADULT; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ANGER; ARTICLE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POPULATION RISK; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMOKING HABIT; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

EID: 0032775785     PISSN: 00333174     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006842-199907000-00007     Document Type: Article

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