Evidence based cardiology: psychosocial factors in the aetiology and prognosis of coronary heart disease. Systematic review of prospective cohort studies.

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Published in BMJ on May 29, 1999

Authors

H Hemingway1, M Marmot

Author Affiliations

1: International Centre for Health and Society, Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, University College London Medical School, London WC1E 6BT. h.hemingway@public-health.ucl.ac.uk

Associated clinical trials:

Whitehall II - Social and Occupational Influences On Health and Illness | NCT00005680

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