Four-year stability of cardiovascular reactivity to psychological stress

Journal of Behavioral Medicine

Volumn 20, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 447-460

  Veit, Ralf ^a   Brody, Stuart ^a   Rau, Harald ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Blood pressure; Longitudinal study; Reactivity; Sex differences; Stability; Stress

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; BLOOD VESSEL REACTIVITY; CARDIOVASCULAR RESPONSE; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; SEX DIFFERENCE; STRESS; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; TASK PERFORMANCE;

EID: 0030817779     PISSN: 01607715     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1025599415918     Document Type: Article

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