Psychosocial stress and atherosclerosis: Family and work stress accelerate progression of coronary disease in women. The Stockholm Female Coronary Angiography Study

Journal of Internal Medicine

Volumn 261, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 245-254

  Wang, H X ^a   Leineweber, C ^a   Kirkeeide, R ^b   Svane, B ^c   Schenck Gustafsson, K ^c   Theorell, T ^d   Orth Gomer K ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS   (United States)

^c KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^d STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Atherosclerosis; Job stress; Marital stress; Progression; Psychosocial factors

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTERY DIAMETER; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CIGARETTE SMOKING; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DISEASE COURSE; FAMILY STRESS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; JOB STRESS; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENTAL STRESS; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RATING SCALE;

ADULT; AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CORONARY DISEASE; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FAMILY; FEMALE; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; RISK FACTORS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; SWEDEN; WORKPLACE;

EID: 33846991222     PISSN: 09546820     EISSN: 13652796     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2796.2006.01759.x     Document Type: Article

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