General Hospital Psychiatry
Volume 32, Issue 1 , Pages 66-72 , January 2010

Type D personality among noncardiovascular patient populations: a systematic review

Received 7 July 2009 ,Accepted 23 September 2009.

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☆ The present research was supported by a VICI grant (#453-04-004) from the Netherlands Organization for Scientific Research (The Hague, The Netherlands) awarded to Johan Denollet.

PII: S0163-8343(09)00184-4

doi: 10.1016/j.genhosppsych.2009.09.010

General Hospital Psychiatry
Volume 32, Issue 1 , Pages 66-72 , January 2010

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