Hypertension in blacks: Psychosocial and biological perspectives

Journal of Hypertension

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 1989, Pages 161-172

  Anderson, Norman B ^a   Myers, Hector F ^b   Pickering, Thomas ^c   Jackson, James S ^d  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c NEW YORK PRESBYTERIAN HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Blacks; Blood pressure; Hypertension; Pathophysiology; Psychological factors; Race; Social factors

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ETHNIC OR RACIAL ASPECTS; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MALE; NEGRO; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REVIEW;

BEHAVIOR; BLACKS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; NEGROID RACE; NUTRITION; PERSONALITY; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, P.H.S.;

EID: 0024588762     PISSN: 02636352     EISSN: 14735598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Editorial

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