The effects of environmental and lifestyle factors on blood pressure and the intermediary role of the sympathetic nervous system

Journal of Human Hypertension

Volumn 11, Issue SUPPL. 1, 1997, Pages

  Pickering, T G ^a  

^a WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Alcohol; Ambulatory blood pressure monitoring; Job strain; Obesity; Occupational stress; Salt; Sympathetic nervous system

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ADRENERGIC SYSTEM; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; AMBULATORY MONITORING; BLOOD PRESSURE MONITORING; CONFLICT; DECISION MAKING; DIET; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EDUCATION; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; ESSENTIAL HYPERTENSION; HUMAN; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; LIFESTYLE; MENTAL STRESS; NONHUMAN; OBESITY; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PREVALENCE; REVIEW; SALT INTAKE; SOCIAL ASPECT; URBANIZATION; WORKING TIME;

ANIMALS; BLOOD PRESSURE; BLOOD PRESSURE MONITORING, AMBULATORY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; LIFE STYLE; MALE; RISK FACTORS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; SYMPATHETIC NERVOUS SYSTEM;

EID: 0030807270     PISSN: 09509240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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