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Type D Personality and Cardiovascular Outcomes

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Borkoles, E., Polman, R., Ski, C.F. et al. Type D Personality and Cardiovascular Outcomes. ann. behav. med. 44, 139–140 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12160-012-9373-6

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