Psychological distress as a risk factor for cardiovascular events: pathophysiological and behavioral mechanisms.

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Published in J Am Coll Cardiol on December 16, 2008

Authors

Mark Hamer1, Gerard J Molloy, Emmanuel Stamatakis

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, University College, London, United Kingdom. m.hamer@ucl.ac.uk

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