The white coat effect is associated with an enhanced response to mental stress;La reactivite de type 'blouse blanche' est associee a la reactivite au stress mental

Archives des Maladies du Coeur et des Vaisseaux

Volumn 90, Issue 8, 1997, Pages 1093-1096

  Lantelme, P ^a   Milon, H ^a   Buttard, P ^a   Fortrat, J O ^b   Gayet, C ^a   Gharib, C ^b  

^a CROIX ROUSSE HOSPITAL   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ LYON 1   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADRENERGIC SYSTEM; ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; BLOOD VESSEL REACTIVITY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; PHYSICIAN; SPHYGMOMANOMETRY; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; BLOOD PRESSURE; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PATIENT REFERRAL; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT;

BLOOD PRESSURE; BLOOD PRESSURE DETERMINATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 0001372427     PISSN: 00039683     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
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