On the nature of risk factors: A response to Kluttig, Kuss, and Greiser

International Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 145, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 560-561

  Thayer, Julian F ^a   Yamamoto, Shelby S ^b   Brosschot, Jos F ^c  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^c LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Cardiovascular disease; Heart rate variability; Risk factors

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN;

AUTONOMIC DYSFUNCTION; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; HEART RATE; HEART RATE VARIABILITY; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INFLAMMATION; JOB STRESS; LETTER; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SMOKING; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE;

EID: 78649939566     PISSN: 01675273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2010.05.026     Document Type: Article

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