Social status, social context, and arterial blood pressure

American Journal of Physical Anthropology

Volumn 102, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 55-66

  Dressler, William W ^a   Bindon, James R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA   (United States)

Author keywords

blood pressure; social context; social status

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; ARTERIAL PRESSURE; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HYPERTENSION; LIFESTYLE; MALE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIAL STATUS;

ADULT; AGING; AMERICAN SAMOA; BLOOD PRESSURE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; FEMALE; HIERARCHY, SOCIAL; HUMANS; LIFE STYLE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK FACTORS; SEX CHARACTERISTICS;

EID: 0031036240     PISSN: 00029483     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-8644(199701)102:1<55::AID-AJPA5>3.0.CO;2-C     Document Type: Article

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