Psychosocial Factors and Heart Rate Variability in Healthy Women
Psychosomatic MedicinePublished 1 January 1999
Myriam Horsten, Mats Erigson, Aleksander Perski, Sarah Wamala, Karin Schenck‐Gustafsson, Kristina Orth‐Gomér
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These findings suggest heart rate variability to be a mediating mechanism that could explain at least part of the reported associations between social isolation, suppressed anger, and health outcomes.
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These findings suggest heart rate variability to be a mediating mechanism that could explain at least part of the reported associations between social isolation, suppressed anger, and health outcomes.
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