Clinical and Methodological Issues in Cardiovascular PsychophysiologyAndrew Steptoe, Heinz Rüddel, Hermann Neus Based on a meeting held in May 1984 in Linz, Federal Republic of Germany, and organized by the Commission of the European Communities' Concerted Action on Quantification of Parameters for the Study of Breakdown in Human Adaptation, in conjunction with the Dept. of Internal Medicine, University of Bonn. |
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Introduction | 1 |
Mental Tasks as Stressors G Mulder L J M Mulder | 30 |
CHAPTER 6 | 66 |
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