Psychological interventions for coronary heart disease.

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Published in Cochrane Database Syst Rev on January 01, 2004

Authors

K Rees1, P Bennett, R West, Smith G Davey, S Ebrahim

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Social Medicine, University of Bristol, Canynge Hall, Whiteladies Road, Bristol, UK, BS8 2PR.

Associated clinical trials:

Stress Management and Biomarkers of Risk in Cardiac Rehabilitation (ENHANCED) | NCT00981253

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