Anger proneness predicts coronary heart disease risk: Prospective analysis from the atherosclerosis risk in communities (ARIC) study

Circulation

Volumn 101, Issue 17, 2000, Pages 2034-2039

  Williams, Janice E ^a,d   Paton, Catherine C ^a   Siegler, Ilene C ^b   Eigenbrodt, Marsha L ^a   Nieto, F Javier ^c   Tyroler, Herman A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d IL   (United States)

Author keywords

Coronary disease; Epidemiology; Stress

Indexed keywords

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ADULT; ANGER; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY RISK; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HEART MUSCLE REVASCULARIZATION; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR;

EID: 0034595190     PISSN: 00097322     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/01.CIR.101.17.2034     Document Type: Article

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