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Editorial
. 2007 Jul;93(7):783-4.
doi: 10.1136/hrt.2006.109355.

Personality and heart disease

A Steptoe, G J Molloy
Editorial

Personality and heart disease

A Steptoe et al. Heart. 2007 Jul.

Abstract

See article on page 814

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