American Heart Journal
Volume 159, Issue 2 , Pages 199-206 , February 2010

Anger expression and risk of coronary heart disease: Evidence from the Nova Scotia Health Survey

  • Karina W. Davidson, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Medicine, Columbia University Medical Center, New York, NY
    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests: Karina W. Davidson, PhD, Department of Medicine, Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons, Room 948, PH9 Center, 622 W 168th St, New York, NY 10032.
    • ,
  • Elizabeth Mostofsky, MPH

      Affiliations

    • Cardiovascular Epidemiology Research Unit, Department of Medicine, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA
    • Department of Epidemiology, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, MA

Received 27 September 2009 ,Accepted 10 November 2009.

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doi: 10.1016/j.ahj.2009.11.007

American Heart Journal
Volume 159, Issue 2 , Pages 199-206 , February 2010

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