Heart disease and the stress hypothesis in the mid-twentieth century: a historical review
Abstract Background In the 1920s, heart disease (a noncommunicable disease), was the new leading cause of death in the USA. Simultaneously, experimental progress in the study of stress provided scientific justification for a new type of risk factor. The objective of the present work is to examine...
Main Author: | Heather L. Rogers |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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SpringerOpen
2016-12-01
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Series: | Psicologia: Reflexão e Crítica |
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Online Access: | http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0102-79722016000104301&lng=en&tlng=en |
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