Response to letter regarding article, "optimism, cynical hostility, and incident coronary heart disease and mortality in the women's health initiative"

Circulation

Volumn 121, Issue 19, 2010, Pages

  Tindle, Hilary A ^a   Chang, Yue Fang ^a   Kuller, Lewis H ^a   Siegle, Greg J ^a   Matthews, Karen A ^a   Manson, Joann E ^b   Robinson, Jennifer G ^c   Rosal, Milagros C ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^b BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; LETTER; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCORING SYSTEM; STRUCTURED QUESTIONNAIRE; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

EID: 77952538745     PISSN: 00097322     EISSN: 15244539     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.109.929166     Document Type: Letter

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