Sense of coherence, depressive symptoms, cardiovascular diseases, and all-cause mortality

Psychosomatic Medicine

Volumn 75, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 429-435

  Haukkala, Ari ^a   Konttinen, Hanna ^a   Lehto, Elviira ^a   Uutela, Antti ^b   Kawachi, Ichiro ^c   Laatikainen, Tiina ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^b Departments of Lifestyle and Participation   (Finland)

^c NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^d HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

cardiovascular disease; depression; mortality; positive psychology; risk factors; sense of coherence

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BECK DEPRESSION INVENTORY; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; DEPRESSION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SENSE OF COHERENCE;

EID: 84877583095     PISSN: 00333174     EISSN: 15347796     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/PSY.0b013e31828c3fa4     Document Type: Article

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