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Type-D Personality and Heart Disease: It Might Be ‘One Small Step’, but It Is Still Moving Forward: A Comment on Grande et al.

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Salary support was provided by the Fonds de la recherche en santé du Québec (FRSQ: SLB and GM) and the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR: SLB).

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  1. Montreal Behavioural Medicine Centre, Montreal, Québec, H4J 1C5, Canada

    Simon L. Bacon Ph.D. & Gregory Moullec Ph.D.

  2. Research Centre, Hôpital du Sacré-Cœur de Montréal—a University of Montréal affiliated hospital, 5400 Gouin West, Montréal, Québec, H4J 1C5, Canada

    Simon L. Bacon Ph.D. & Gregory Moullec Ph.D.

  3. Department of Exercise Science, Concordia University, 7141 Sherbrooke St. West, Montreal, Québec, H4B 1R6, Canada

    Simon L. Bacon Ph.D. & Gregory Moullec Ph.D.

  4. Research Centre, Montreal Heart Institute—a University of Montréal affiliated hospital, 5000 Belanger, Montreal, Québec, H1T 1C8, Canada

    Simon L. Bacon Ph.D.

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Bacon, S.L., Moullec, G. Type-D Personality and Heart Disease: It Might Be ‘One Small Step’, but It Is Still Moving Forward: A Comment on Grande et al.. ann. behav. med. 43, 280–281 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12160-012-9357-6

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