Are vacations good for your health? The 9-year mortality experience after the Multiple Risk Factor Intervention Trial

Psychosomatic Medicine

Volumn 62, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 608-612

  Gump, Brooks B ^a   Matthews, Karen A ^b  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK AT OSWEGO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Coronary heart disease; Multiple Risk Factor Intervention Trial; Respite; Restorative behaviors; Vacations

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; EXPERIENCE; FITNESS; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; LEISURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; WELLBEING;

EID: 0033798374     PISSN: 00333174     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006842-200009000-00003     Document Type: Article

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