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Anxiety and socio-economic status among healthy adults: the ATTICA Study

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  18 May 2011

Demosthenes B. Panagiotakos ,
Christos Pitsavos ,
Efi Tsetsekou ,
Christina Chrysohoou ,
Mallory Kinlaw ,
Charalabos Papageorgiou ,
Constantin Soldatos  and
Christodoulos Stefanadis
Demosthenes B. Panagiotakos
Affiliation:
Department of Dietetics - Nutrition, 46 Paleon Polemiston St., 166 74 Glyfada, Attica (Greece) Fax: 302109600719 E-mail: d.b.panagiotakos@usa.net
Christos Pitsavos
Affiliation:
First Department of Cardiology, School of Medicine, University of Athens, Athens (Greece)
Efi Tsetsekou
Affiliation:
First Department of Cardiology, School of Medicine, University of Athens, Athens (Greece)
Christina Chrysohoou
Affiliation:
First Department of Cardiology, School of Medicine, University of Athens, Athens (Greece)
Mallory Kinlaw
Affiliation:
Department of Dietetics - Nutrition, 46 Paleon Polemiston St., 166 74 Glyfada, Attica (Greece) Fax: 302109600719 E-mail: d.b.panagiotakos@usa.net
Charalabos Papageorgiou
Affiliation:
Department of Psychiatry, School of Medicine, University of Athens, Athens (Greece)
Constantin Soldatos
Affiliation:
Department of Psychiatry, School of Medicine, University of Athens, Athens (Greece)
Christodoulos Stefanadis
Affiliation:
First Department of Cardiology, School of Medicine, University of Athens, Athens (Greece)
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Epidemiology and Psychiatric Sciences , Volume 16 , Issue 4 , December 2007 , pp. 356 - 362
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