Elevated blood pressure and personality: A meta-analytic review

Psychological Bulletin

Volumn 120, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 293-320

  Jorgensen, Randall S ^a   Johnson, Blair T ^a   Kolodziej, Monika E ^a   Schreer, George E ^a  

^a SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AWARENESS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CLINICAL TRIAL; DEFENSE MECHANISM; EMOTIONAL DISORDER; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MALE; META ANALYSIS; PERSONALITY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RISK FACTOR;

ADULT; AFFECTIVE SYMPTOMS; AWARENESS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CAUSALITY; DEFENSE MECHANISMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; MALE; PERSONALITY; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 0030240657     PISSN: 00332909     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0033-2909.120.2.293     Document Type: Review

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