Coping with my partner's ICD and cardiac disease

Circulation

Volumn 120, Issue 10, 2009, Pages

  Garrett Hazelton, A ^c   Sears, Samuel F ^a,b,c   Kirian, Kari ^a,c   Matchett, Melissa ^a,c   Shea, Julie ^d  

^a Departments of Psychology   (United States)

^b Department of Cardiovascular Sciences ^*  (United States)

^c EAST CAROLINA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANXIETY DISORDER; DEFIBRILLATOR; DEPRESSION; HEART DISEASE; HUMAN; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHORT SURVEY; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 70449435383     PISSN: 00097322     EISSN: 15244539     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.109.877613     Document Type: Short Survey

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