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Psychosocial Factors and Progression From Prehypertension to Hypertension or Coronary Heart Disease

Marty S. Player, Dana E. King, Arch G. Mainous and Mark E. Geesey
The Annals of Family Medicine September 2007, 5 (5) 403-411; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1370/afm.738
Marty S. Player
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vol. 5 no. 5 403-411
DOI 
https://doi.org/10.1370/afm.738
PubMed 
17893381

Published By 
The Annals of Family Medicine
Print ISSN 
1544-1709
Online ISSN 
1544-1717
History 
  • Received for publication September 18, 2006
  • Revision received March 3, 2007
  • Accepted for publication March 25, 2007
  • Published online September 24, 2007.

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  1. Marty S. Player, MD,
  2. Dana E. King, MD, MS,
  3. Arch G. Mainous III, PhD and
  4. Mark E. Geesey, MS
  1. Department of Family Medicine, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC
  1. CORRESPONDING AUTHOR: Marty Player, MD, Department of Family Medicine, Medical University of South Carolina, 295 Calhoun St, Charleston, SC 29425, playerm{at}musc.edu

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