Psychological Distress and Cardiovascular Risk. What Are the Links?

Journal of the American College of Cardiology

Volumn 52, Issue 25, 2008, Pages 2163-2165

  von Känel, Roland ^a  

^a Department of General Internal Medicine   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

cardiovascular disease; mortality; psychological stress; risk factor

Indexed keywords

ANXIETY; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; DEPRESSION; DISTRESS SYNDROME; EDITORIAL; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MENTAL STRESS; MORTALITY; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMOKING;

CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; INFLAMMATION; RISK FACTORS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 57649099207     PISSN: 07351097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jacc.2008.09.015     Document Type: Editorial

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