Frequency of spousal interaction and 3-year progression of carotid artery intima medial thickness: The Pittsburgh healthy heart project

Psychosomatic Medicine

Volumn 67, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 889-896

  Janicki, Denise L ^a,d   Kamarck, Thomas W ^a   Shiffman, Saul ^a   Sutton Tyrrell, Kim ^b   Gwaltney, Chad J ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH GRADUATE SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cardiovascular disease; Ecological momentary assessment; Intima medial thickness; Marital adjustment; Spousal interaction

Indexed keywords

ADJUSTMENT; ADULT; AMBULATORY MONITORING; ARTERY INTIMA PROLIFERATION; ARTICLE; BODY POSTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MARRIAGE; MOOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIAL INTERACTION; SPOUSE; ULTRASOUND; AGED; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CORONARY BLOOD VESSEL; ECHOGRAPHY; HUMAN RELATION; INTIMA; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MEDICAL RECORD; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL ADAPTATION; SOCIAL CLASS;

AGED; CORONARY ARTERIOSCLEROSIS; CORONARY DISEASE; CORONARY VESSELS; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MARRIAGE; MEDICAL RECORDS; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; SEX FACTORS; SOCIAL ADJUSTMENT; SOCIAL CLASS; SPOUSES; TUNICA INTIMA;

EID: 33645640534     PISSN: 00333174     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.psy.0000188476.87869.88     Document Type: Article

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