Psychosocial influences on ambulatory blood pressure over working and non-working days

Journal of Psychophysiology

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 218-227

  Steptoe, Andrew ^a   Roy, Mark P ^b   Evans, Olga ^a  

^a ST GEORGE'S UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Blood pressure; Emergency services; Stress; Work

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AMBULATORY MONITORING; ANGER; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; BODY MASS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; FAMILY HISTORY; FIRE FIGHTER; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MOOD; NORMAL HUMAN; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; REST; SMOKING; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; STRESS; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; VARIANCE; WORK;

EID: 0029908089     PISSN: 02698803     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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