Does background stress heighten or dampen children's cardiovascular responses to acute stress?

Psychosomatic Medicine

Volumn 59, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 488-496

  Matthews, Karen A ^a   Gump, Brooks B ^a   Block, Diana R ^a   Allen, Michael T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Acute stress; Adolescence; Cardiovascular reactivity; Cardiovascular risk factors; Children

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; CARDIOVASCULAR RESPONSE; CHILD; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; HEART RATE; HUMAN; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; STRESS; VASCULAR RESISTANCE;

EID: 0030766030     PISSN: 00333174     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006842-199709000-00005     Document Type: Article

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