Social support and hostility interact to influence clinic, work, and home blood pressure in Black and White men and women

Psychophysiology

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 434-445

  Brownley, Kimberly A ^a,c   Light, Kathleen C ^a   Anderson, Norman B ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

Ambulatory blood pressure; Anger; Ethnicity; Gender; Hostility; Social support

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANGER; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE MONITORING; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; GENDER; HOSTILITY; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; BLOOD PRESSURE; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HOSTILITY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

EID: 0029951129     PISSN: 00485772     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-8986.1996.tb01069.x     Document Type: Article

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