Heart disease environment, stress, and gender
Why do men get more heart disease than women? Recent global trends in heart disease show that traditional coronary risk factors, such as elevated blood pressure and cholesterol are poor candidates in explaining the gender gap in heart disease. Changes in these risk factors also cannot explain the re...
| Otros Autores: | , , |
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| Formato: | Libro electrónico |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Amsterdam ; Washington, DC :
IOS Press
c2002.
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| Edición: | 1st ed |
| Colección: | NATO science series. Life and behavioural sciences ;
v. 327. |
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| Ver en Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull: | https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009798012606719 |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- ""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""
- ""Chapter 5 Coronary Heart Disease and Cardiovascular Mortality in the Urban Siberian Population: Gender-specific Findings from a 10-year Cohort Study""""Chapter 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 and Men""
- ""Chapter 9 Psychosocial Correlates of Alcohol Use and Cigarette Smoking in Hungary""""Chapter 10 Alcohol Consumption, Coping and the Gender Gap in Cardiovascular Disease""; ""Chapter 11 Psychosocial Factors and Cardiovascular Risk in the East-West Divide: The Swestonia Study""; ""Chapter 12 Psychosocial and Behavioral Risk Factors for Cardiovascular Diseases among Romanian Women and Men""; ""Chapter 13 Gender and Age Differences in Coronary-Prone Behavior: A Cross-Cultural Study""
- ""Chapter 14 Gender Differences in Stress Experienced by Myocardial Infarction Patients Undergoing Coronary Artery Bypass Graft Surgery (CABG)""""Chapter 15 Social Support, Cardiovascular Disease, and Mortality""; ""Chapter 16 Gender and Age Differences in Social Support: A Study of East German Migrants""; ""Chapter 17 Gender, Social Roles, and Mental and Physical Health""; ""Chapter 18 Gender, Mental Health Status, and Social Support During a Stressful Event""; ""Chapter 19 Gender and Health-related Attitudes: The Role of a ""Macho"" Self-Concept""
- ""Chapter 20 Gender Differences in Morbidity and Mortality Following a Major Stressor: The Case of Conjugal Bereavement""""Chapter 21 Gender Differences in Response to Disaster""; ""Chapter 22 Gender Differences in Coping Strategies in Students from Germany and the USA""; ""Chapter 23 New Dietary Risk Factors: Differences between Western and Eastern Europe""; ""Chapter 24 The Role of Pathogenic and Protective Dietary Factors and Non-traditional Risk Factors in the Coronary Epidemic of Eastern and Central Europe""
- ""Chapter 25 Blood Pressure in Everyday Life: Interplay of Biological, Psychological, Social, Emotional, and Situational Factors""
