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The Experimental Study of Behaviorally Induced Arrhythmias

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Handbook of Research Methods in Cardiovascular Behavioral Medicine

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The belief that psychological stress can precipitate major illness has long been accepted in both folk wisdom and medical thinking, but its scientific basis is fragmentary and incomplete.

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  1. Cardiovascular Laboratories, Harvard University School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts, 02115, USA

    Vikas Saini

  2. Department of Cardiology, Tufts University Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, 02115, USA

    Richard L. Verrier (doctoral)

  3. Department of Pharmacology, Georgetown University Medical Center, Washington, D.C., 20007, USA

    Richard L. Verrier (doctoral)

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Saini, V., Verrier, R.L. (1989). The Experimental Study of Behaviorally Induced Arrhythmias. In: Schneiderman, N., Weiss, S.M., Kaufmann, P.G. (eds) Handbook of Research Methods in Cardiovascular Behavioral Medicine. The Springer Series in Behavioral Psychophysiology and Medicine. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4899-0906-0_3

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