Evaluating the response of mild hypertensives to biofeedback-assisted relaxation using a mental stress test

Journal of Behavior Therapy and Experimental Psychiatry

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 157-167

  Paran, Esther ^a   Amir, Marianne ^a   Yaniv, Nizan ^a  

^a BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANXIETY NEUROSIS; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE REGULATION; BORDERLINE HYPERTENSION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; ELECTRODERMAL RESPONSE; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGY; RELAXATION TRAINING; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE;

EID: 0030174519     PISSN: 00057916     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0005-7916(96)00020-1     Document Type: Article

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