Associations between stress disorders and cardiovascular disease events in the Danish population

BMJ Open

Volumn 5, Issue 12, 2015, Pages

  Gradus, Jaimie L ^a,b,c   Farkas, Dóra Körmendiné ^c   Svensson, Elisabeth ^c   Ehrenstein, Vera ^c   Lash, Timothy L ^c,d   Milstein, Arnold ^e   Adler, Nancy ^f   Sørensen, Henrik Toft ^c  

^a VA BOSTON HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^b BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c AARHUS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^d EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADJUSTMENT DISORDER; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOL ABUSE; ALCOHOLISM; ARTICLE; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMORBIDITY; DENMARK; DEPRESSION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; VENOUS THROMBOEMBOLISM; COMPLICATION; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; PSYCHOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE; STROKE; YOUNG ADULT;

ADJUSTMENT DISORDERS; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; DENMARK; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; STROKE; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; VENOUS THROMBOEMBOLISM; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84960438828     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20446055     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2015-009334     Document Type: Article

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