The short-term effects of a hostility-reduction intervention on male coronary heart disease patients

Health Psychology

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 416-420

  Gidron, Yori ^a   Davidson, Karina ^c   Bata, Iqbal ^b  

^a BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

^b DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Blood pressure; Coronary heart disease; Hostility; Intervention

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; HOSTILITY; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MALE;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BEHAVIOR THERAPY; BLOOD PRESSURE; CORONARY DISEASE; HOSTILITY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERSONALITY INVENTORY;

EID: 0032810656     PISSN: 02786133     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0278-6133.18.4.416     Document Type: Article

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