Modification in quetelet index five months after myocardial infarction: Relevance of biographic and personality characteristics

Preventive Medicine

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 86-91

  Huijbrechts, Irma P A M ^a   Erdman, Rudolph A M ^a,b   Duivenvoorden, Hugo J ^a   Passchier, Jan ^a  

^a ERASMUS UNIVERSITY ROTTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Myocardial infarction; Personality characteristics; Quetelet index

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; FEMALE; GENDER; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PERSONALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

EID: 0032779971     PISSN: 00917435     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/pmed.1998.0387     Document Type: Article

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