Type A behavior and ischaemic heart disease.
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Type A behaviour and ischaemic heart disease.
It is a common medical belief that psychosocial factors, in some form or another, contribute to the risk of developing ischaemic heart disease (IHD). Anecdotal evidence comes from many of the great figures of medical history. William Harvey described a coronary patient whose illness was the result of 'anger and indignation which he yet communicated to no one' (Leibowitz, 1970). John Hunter's an...
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عنوان ژورنال: BMJ
سال: 1987
ISSN: 0959-8138,1468-5833
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.295.6602.851-c