Cynical hostility and the metabolic syndrome: A case-control study

Monaldi Archives for Chest Disease - Cardiac Series

Volumn 66, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 224-229

  Gremigni, Paola ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Coronary heart disease; Cynicism; Hostility; Metabolic syndrome

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DYSLIPIDEMIA; FEMALE; HOSTILITY; HUMAN; HYPERINSULINEMIA; HYPERTENSION; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; ITALY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METABOLIC SYNDROME X; OBESITY; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; SELF REPORT; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

EID: 33751216456     PISSN: 11220643     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4081/monaldi.2006.524     Document Type: Article

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