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Depression and mortality following myocardial infarction: the issue of disease severity

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  11 October 2011

Douglas Carroll*
Affiliation:
School of Sport and Exercise Sciences, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, United Kingdom
Deirdre Lane
Affiliation:
School of Sport and Exercise Sciences, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, United Kingdom
*
Indirizzo per la corrispondenza: Professor D. Carroll, School of Sport and Exercise Sciences, University of Birmingham, Birmingham B15 2TT, United Kingdom. Fax: +44-21-414.4121 E-mail: carrolld@bham.ac.uk
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