Psychological, biological and health behavior predictors of blood pressure changes in middle-aged women

Journal of Hypertension

Volumn 9, Issue 5, 1991, Pages 399-406

  Markovitz, Jerome H ^a   Matthews, Karen A ^a   Wing, Rena R ^a   Kuller, Lewis H ^a   Meilahn, Elaine N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

Author keywords

Anger; Anxiety; Blood pressure; Longitudinal; Women

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANGER; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; ESSENTIAL HYPERTENSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPOTHESIS; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; NORMAL HUMAN; PREDICTION; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PSYCHOSOMATICS; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE;

ADULT; ANGER; ANXIETY; BLACKS; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY MASS INDEX; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FAMILY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEMATOCRIT; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MENOPAUSE; MIDDLE AGE; POTASSIUM; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGIC DISORDERS; REFERENCE VALUES; RISK FACTORS; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, P.H.S.;

EID: 0025730981     PISSN: 02636352     EISSN: 14735598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00004872-199105000-00003     Document Type: Article

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