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Original Article

Interactive effect of long-term mental stress and cardiac stress reactivity on carotid intima-media thickness: The Cardiovascular Risk in Young Finns study

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Pages 283-293 | Received 08 Apr 2008, Accepted 27 Jul 2008, Published online: 23 Nov 2009

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