Perceived stress and risk of ischemic heart disease: Causation or bias?

Epidemiology

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 391-397

  Nielsen, Naja Rod ^a,b   Kristensen, Tage S ^c   Prescott, Eva ^d,e   Larsen, Katrine Strandberg ^a   Schnohr, Peter ^e   Grønbæk, Morten ^a,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c NATIONAL RESEARCH CENTRE FOR THE WORKING ENVIRONMENT   (Denmark)

^d Rigshospitalet   (Denmark)

^e BISPEBJERG HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANGINA PECTORIS; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGISTER; SEX RATIO; STRESS;

ADULT; AGED; ANGINA PECTORIS; BIAS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); DENMARK; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL ISCHEMIA; PERCEPTION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 33748112771     PISSN: 10443983     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.ede.0000220556.86419.76     Document Type: Article

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