Hostility and Anxiety Differentially Predict Cardiovascular Disease in Men and Women

Sex Roles

Volumn 50, Issue 1-2, 2004, Pages 63-75

  Consedine, Nathan S ^a   Magai, Carol ^a   Chin, Stanley ^a  

^a LONG ISLAND UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Anxiety; Cardiovascular disease; Coronary heart disease; Emotion; Gender difference; Hostility; Psychosocial factors

Indexed keywords

EID: 1042303037     PISSN: 03600025     EISSN: 15732762     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:SERS.0000011073.44105.6f     Document Type: Article

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