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Myocardial infarction on various days of the week

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  09 July 2009

Walter Massing  and
Matthias C. Angermeyer
Walter Massing
Affiliation:
Städtische Nervenklinik Hannover–Langenhagen, Psychiatrische und Nervenklinik, Universitätskrankenhaus Hamburg–Eppendorf, West Germany
Matthias C. Angermeyer*
Affiliation:
Städtische Nervenklinik Hannover–Langenhagen, Psychiatrische und Nervenklinik, Universitätskrankenhaus Hamburg–Eppendorf, West Germany
*
1 Address for correspondence: Dr Matthias C. Angermeyer, Universitätskrankenhaus Eppendorf, Psychiatrische und Nervenklinik, Martinstrasse 52, 2000 Hamburg 20, West Germany.
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Synopsis

The weekly distribution of deaths for myocardial infarction was studied, using mortality data for Lower Saxony for the years 1968–77. In accordance with hypotheses derived from Holmes & Rahe's stress model, an increase of deaths was found on Saturdays and Mondays only in men aged between 25 and 55 years.

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Psychological Medicine , Volume 15 , Issue 4 , November 1985 , pp. 851 - 857
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1985

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