Psychological stress and cardiovascular disease: Empirical demonstration of bias in a prospective observational study of Scottish men

BMJ

Volumn 324, Issue 7348, 2002, Pages 1247-1251

  Macleod, John ^a   Hart, Carole ^a   Smith, George Davey ^b   Heslop, Pauline ^b   Metcalfe, Chris ^b   Carroll, Douglas ^a   Lynch, John ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANGINA PECTORIS; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; HEART MUSCLE ISCHEMIA; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; MORTALITY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYMPTOM; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; ANGINA PECTORIS; BIAS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL ISCHEMIA; ODDS RATIO; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SOCIAL CLASS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 0037172303     PISSN: 09598138     EISSN: 14685833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.324.7348.1247     Document Type: Article

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