| Description |
1 online resource (405 pages) |
| Series |
NATO science series. Series I, Life and behavioural sciences, 1566-7693 ; v. 327 |
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NATO science series. Series I, Life and behavioural sciences ; v. 327.
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| Contents |
Cover; Title page; Preface and Acknowledgements; Contributors; Foreword; Contents; Chapter 1 The Role of Stress and Gender-related Factors in the Increase in Heart Disease in Eastern Europe: Overview; Chapter 2 The Population Health Context for Gender, Stress and Cardiovascular Disease in Central and Eastern Europe; Chapter 3 Adverse Health Effects of Effort-Reward Imbalance -- Applying the Model to Eastern Europe; Chapter 4 Premature Circulatory Disease Mortality in Russia: Population- and Individual-Level Evidence |
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Chapter 5 Coronary Heart Disease and Cardiovascular Mortality in the Urban Siberian Population: Gender-specific Findings from a 10-year Cohort StudyChapter 6 Trends in Gender Differences in Coronary Heart Disease Mortality -- Relationships to Trends in Health-related Behavior and Changing Gender Roles; Chapter 7 Risk Factors and Inequality in Relation to Morbidity and Mortality in a Changing Society; Chapter 8 Sociodemographic and Behavioral Correlates of Depression in Hungarian Women |
| Summary |
This text attempts to answer the question: Why do men get more heart disease than women? The book focuses on environmental, behavioural, and psychosocial variables, as well as new risk factors of a biological nature in an attempt to understand the gender gap in heart disease |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and indexes |
| Notes |
English |
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Print version record |
| Subject |
Coronary heart disease -- Environmental aspects
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Coronary heart disease -- Epidemiology
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Coronary heart disease -- Sex differences
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Stress (Physiology)
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Stress (Psychology)
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Stress, Physiological
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Stress, Psychological
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Coronary heart disease -- Epidemiology
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Stress (Physiology)
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Stress (Psychology)
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Kristenson, M
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Weidner, G
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| ISBN |
9781601294333 |
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1601294336 |
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1280505338 |
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9781280505331 |
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9786610505333 |
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6610505330 |
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