Self-reported stressors and hypertension: Evidence of an inverse association

American Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 127, Issue 1, 1988, Pages 124-134

  Winkleby, Marilyn A ^a   Ragland, David R ^b   Syme, S Leonard ^b  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Blood pressure; Health surveys; Hypertension; Stress

Indexed keywords

GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; METHODOLOGY; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; REVIEW; SELF ESTEEM;

BLOOD PRESSURE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; QUESTIONNAIRES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SAN FRANCISCO; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, NON-P.H.S.;

EID: 0023846048     PISSN: 00029262     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.aje.a114772     Document Type: Article

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