Hostility, marriage, and the heart: The social psychophysiology of cardiovascular risk in close relationships

Handbook of Families and Health: Interdisciplinary Perspectives

Volumn , Issue , 2006, Pages 19-39

  Smith, Timothy W ^a   Glazer, Kelly M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

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DOI: 10.4135/9781452231631.n2     Document Type: Chapter

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