Psychological interventions and coronary heart disease

International Journal of Clinical and Health Psychology

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 563-575

  Peterson, Christopher ^a   Kim, Eric S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Behavioral cardiology; Coronary heart disease; Health psychology; Positive psychology; Theoretical study

Indexed keywords

EID: 80052089455     PISSN: 16972600     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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