Annals of Epidemiology
Volume 17, Issue 8 , Pages 591-596 , August 2007

Social Avoidance and Long-Term Risk for Cardiovascular Disease Death in Healthy Men: The Western Electric Study

Received 17 October 2006 ,Accepted 9 March 2007.

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 The investigators acknowledge support by the American Heart Association, Dallas, Texas, and its Chicago and Illinois affiliates; the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI), Bethesda, MD, grants R01-HL 15174, R01-HL 21010, and R01-HL 03387; and the Chicago Health Research Foundation, Chicago, IL. A list of colleagues who contributed to earlier aspects of this work has been published (Cardiology. 1993;82:191–222). Dr. Berry received support from a NRSA fellowship in the Department of Preventive Medicine, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine (T32HL069771).

PII: S1047-2797(07)00144-5

doi: 10.1016/j.annepidem.2007.03.010

Annals of Epidemiology
Volume 17, Issue 8 , Pages 591-596 , August 2007

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