Football matches and acute cardiac events: Potential effects of a complex psychosocial phenomenon on cardiovascular health

International Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 40, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 1422-1425

  Čulić, Viktor ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL SPLIT   (Croatia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SPLIT   (Croatia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AFFECTIVE NEUROSIS; ANGER; ANXIETY DISORDER; AROUSAL; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; DEPRESSION; EMOTIONAL DISORDER; EMOTIONAL STRESS; FAMILY VIOLENCE; FOOTBALL; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART INFARCTION; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HOSTILITY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LETTER; MORTALITY; PATHOLOGICAL GAMBLING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOSOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; RISK FACTOR;

FEMALE; HUMANS; LEISURE ACTIVITIES; MALE; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; SOCCER;

EID: 79960392244     PISSN: 03005771     EISSN: 14643685     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ije/dyr060     Document Type: Letter

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