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International Journal of Epidemiology 2000;29:948
© International Epidemiological Association 2000

Letters to the Editor

Long-term psychological stress and heart disease

Abla M Sibai and Haroutune K Armenian

American University of Beirut, Faculty of Health Sciences, Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Beirut, Lebenon. e-mail: ansibai@aub.edu.lb

Sir—We read with interest the article of Moore et al. about the relationship between psychological stress and ischaemic heart disease (IHD) in middle-aged Caucasian men.1 Several dimensions of psychological stress, including occupational and those originating from lifestyle and life events, had little or no impact on the incidence of IHD. As their study pooled IHD into one category and was limited to men, they could not discuss the potential relationship for the different . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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L Moore, F Meyer and I Bairati

Cancer Research Centre, Pavillion Hotel-Dieu de Quebec, Quebec City, Canada.


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