Depression and coronary heart disease: Complex synergism of mind, body, and environment

Current Directions in Psychological Science

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 39-43

  Frasure Smith, Nancy ^a,b   Lespérance, François ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b MONTREAL HEART INSTITUTE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Coronary heart disease; Depression; Inflammation; Omega 3; Risk factor

Indexed keywords

EID: 15744380599     PISSN: 09637214     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0963-7214.2005.00331.x     Document Type: Article

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