Genetic influences on blood pressure with the cold-pressor test: A twin study

Journal of Hypertension

Volumn 14, Issue 10, 1996, Pages 1195-1199

  Busjahn, Andreas ^a,c   Faulhaber, Hans Dieter ^a   Viken, Richard J ^b   Rose, Richard J ^b   Luft, Friedrich C ^a  

^a HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c FRANZ VOLHARD CLINIC   (Germany)

Author keywords

Blood pressure; Blood pressure genetics; Psychological; Stress; Twin genetics

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; BLOOD PRESSURE REGULATION; COLD PRESSOR TEST; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; DIZYGOTIC TWINS; FEMALE; GENETIC MODEL; HAND; HEART RATE; HERITABILITY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MONOZYGOTIC TWINS; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REST; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; TWINS; WATER IMMERSION;

EID: 0029837113     PISSN: 02636352     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00004872-199610000-00007     Document Type: Article

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