Race, family history of hypertension, and sympathetic response to cold pressor testing

Blood Pressure

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 209-213

  Calhoun, David A ^a,b   Mutinga, Muthoka L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^b Vascular Biology and Hypertension Program   (United States)

Author keywords

African American; Compressor test; Family history; Microneurography; Race; Stress

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CAUCASIAN; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COLD PRESSOR TEST; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MALE; NEGRO; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SYMPATHETIC TONE;

EID: 0030754345     PISSN: 08037051     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/08037059709062071     Document Type: Article

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