Lipid levels and emotional distress among healthy male college students

Stress Medicine

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 159-165

  Schwartz, Steven M ^a,b,c,d   Schmitt, Edward P ^a,b,c,d   Ketterer, Mark W ^a,b,c,d   Trask, Peter C ^a,b,c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b Jenison Psychological Services   (United States)

^c HENRY FORD HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

Cholesterol; Depression; Emotional distress; Hostility; Lipids

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL; LIPID;

ADULT; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY WEIGHT; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; COLLEGE STUDENT; CORRELATION FUNCTION; DEMOGRAPHY; DEPRESSION; DRUG USE; EMOTIONAL STRESS; HEALTH STATUS; HEART RATE; HOSTILITY; HUMAN; LIPID BLOOD LEVEL; MALE; MULTIPLE REGRESSION; NORMAL HUMAN; OBESITY; RISK FACTOR; SMOKING;

EID: 0032816446     PISSN: 07488386     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1099-1700(199907)15:3<159::AID-SMI810>3.0.CO;2-8     Document Type: Article

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