The effects of physical and mental stress on cardiovascular reactivity in a group of African American female college students

Journal of Anxiety Disorders

Volumn 10, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 543-553

  Robinson, Elwood Lee ^a   Corbett, Marcella O ^b   Spurlock, Holly ^b  

^a NORTH CAROLINA CENTRAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR;

ADULT; ANXIETY; ARITHMETIC; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; CARDIOVASCULAR RESPONSE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COLD PRESSOR TEST; COLLEGE STUDENT; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MENTAL STRESS; METHODOLOGY; NEGRO; PHYSICAL STRESS; PHYSIOLOGY; SKIN TEMPERATURE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0030298215     PISSN: 08876185     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0887-6185(96)00029-1     Document Type: Article

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