"Stress" and coronary heart disease: Psychosocial risk factors: National Heart Foundation of Australia position statement update

Medical Journal of Australia

Volumn 178, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 272-276

  Bunker, Stephen J ^a   Colquhoun, David M ^b   Esler, Murray D ^c   Hickie, Ian B ^d   Hunt, David ^e   Jelinek, V Michael ^f   Oldenburg, Brian F ^g   Peach, Hedley G ^h   Ruth, Denise ⁱ   Tennant, Christopher C ^j   Tonkin, Andrew M ^a  

^a NATIONAL HEART FOUNDATION OF AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^c MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^d Beyondblue Natl Depression Initiat   (Australia)

^e ROYAL MELBOURNE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^f ST VINCENT S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^g QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

^h BALLARAT HEALTH SERVICES   (Australia)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^j UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUTE DISEASE; ANXIETY DISORDER; AUSTRALIA; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; DEPRESSION; DISEASE COURSE; DYSLIPIDEMIA; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HOSTILITY; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; LIFE EVENT; MEDICAL RESEARCH; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PANIC; PROGNOSIS; PUBLIC HEALTH; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK MANAGEMENT; SMOKING; SOCIAL ISOLATION; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STRESS; TYPE A BEHAVIOR; WORKLOAD;

EID: 0346106072     PISSN: 0025729X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5694/j.1326-5377.2003.tb05193.x     Document Type: Review

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