Pet ownership, social support, and one-year survival after acute myocardial infarction in the Cardiac Arrhythmia Suppression Trial (CAST)☆
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This study was supported in part by grants from The Delta Society, Renton, Washington, Grant 5RO1 NR02043-01 from the National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, and grants from the Professional Staff Congress-City University of New York, New York, New York Research Award Program.
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