Lack of social support in the etiology and the prognosis of coronary heart disease: A systematic review and meta-analysis

Psychosomatic Medicine

Volumn 72, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 229-238

  Barth, Jürgen ^a   Schneider, Sarah ^a,b   Von Känel, Roland ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Coronary heart disease; Meta analysis; Mortality; Myocardial infarction; Social support

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DISEASE COURSE; HAZARD RATIO; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MORTALITY; PERCEPTION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CORONARY DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SOCIAL PERCEPTION; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

EID: 77951487867     PISSN: 00333174     EISSN: 15347796     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/PSY.0b013e3181d01611     Document Type: Article

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