Gender differences in mood and cardiovascular responses to socially stressful stimuli

Ethnicity and Disease

Volumn 6, Issue 1-2, 1996, Pages 123-131

  Morris Prather, Cynthia E ^a   Harrell, Jules P ^a   Collins, Rakale ^a   Jeffries Leonard, Kimberly L ^a   Boss, Mark ^a   Lee, Judith W ^a  

^a HOWARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cardiovascular Responses; Gender Differences; Mood Responses

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFFECT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; UNITED STATES; VIDEORECORDING;

ADULT; AFFECT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BLOOD PRESSURE; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMANS; MALE; PREJUDICE; SEX FACTORS; SOUTHEASTERN UNITED STATES; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; VIDEOTAPE RECORDING;

EID: 0030470456     PISSN: 1049510X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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