Cardiovascular, electrodermal and catecholamine responses to stress in borderline hypertensives

Stress Medicine

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 187-191

  Köhler, Thomas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Borderline hypersensitives; Mental arithmetic; Psychophysiological responses

Indexed keywords

ADRENALIN; CATECHOLAMINE; NORADRENALIN;

ADAPTATION; ADRENALIN BLOOD LEVEL; ADULT; ARITHMETIC; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; BORDERLINE HYPERTENSION; CARDIOVASCULAR RESPONSE; CATECHOLAMINE BLOOD LEVEL; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; ELECTRODERMAL RESPONSE; HEART RATE; HUMAN; HYPOTHESIS; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGY; SKIN CONDUCTANCE; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE;

EID: 0030057952     PISSN: 07488386     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1099-1700(199607)12:3<187::AID-SMI700>3.0.CO;2-R     Document Type: Article

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