Alexithymia, hypertension, and subclinical atherosclerosis in the general population

Journal of Psychosomatic Research

Volumn 68, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 139-147

  Grabe, Hans Joergen ^a   Schwahn, Christian ^a   Barnow, Sven ^b   Spitzer, Carsten ^c   John, Ulrich ^a   Freyberger, Harald J ^a   Schminke, Ulf ^a   Felix, Stephan ^a   Völzke, Henry ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GREIFSWALD   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Alexithymia; Carotid atherosclerosis; Hypertension; Study of health in pomerania; TAS 20; Type A personality; Type D personality

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ALEXITHYMIA; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; B SCAN; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CAROTID ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DISTRESS SYNDROME; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE;

ADULT; AFFECTIVE SYMPTOMS; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; BLOOD PRESSURE; CAROTID ARTERIES; CAROTID ARTERY DISEASES; COMORBIDITY; FEMALE; GERMANY; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERSONALITY; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 73549115376     PISSN: 00223999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpsychores.2009.07.015     Document Type: Article

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