The Association of Anger and Hostility With Future Coronary Heart Disease. A Meta-Analytic Review of Prospective Evidence

Journal of the American College of Cardiology

Volumn 53, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 936-946

  Chida, Yoichi ^a   Steptoe, Andrew ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

aggression; CHD prone personality; hostility; meta analysis; prospective study

Indexed keywords

ANGER; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; DATA BASE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; HOSTILITY; HUMAN; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MEDLINE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; PSYCINFO; PUBLICATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; ANGER; CORONARY DISEASE; FEMALE; HOSTILITY; HUMANS; MALE; RISK FACTORS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 61549138141     PISSN: 07351097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jacc.2008.11.044     Document Type: Article

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