Chronic Work Stress and Marital Dissolution Increase Risk of Posttrial Mortality in Men From the Multiple Risk Factor Intervention Trial
Open Access
- 11 February 2002
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Medical Association (AMA) in Archives of internal medicine (1960)
- Vol. 162 (3) , 309-315
- https://doi.org/10.1001/archinte.162.3.309
Abstract
ACUTE LIFE stressors, including such diverse events as bereavement, earthquakes, terrorist activities, missile strikes, and episodes of extreme anger, can trigger myocardial infarction and death.1-4 Less clear is the association of mortality with chronic, more enduring life stress and the accumulation of stressful life experiences across years.This publication has 1 reference indexed in Scilit: