Toward a Social Psychophysiology of Cardiovascular Reactivity: Interpersonal Concepts and Methods in the Study of Stress and Coronary Disease

Social Psychological Foundations of Health and Illness

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 335-366

  Smith, Timothy W ^a   Gallo, Linda C ^b   Ruiz, John M ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

^b SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Coronary disease; Health; Interpersonal concepts; Personality; Psychophysiology

Indexed keywords

EID: 84948973431     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9780470753552.ch13     Document Type: Chapter

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