The Relationship between Socioeconomic Status, Hostility, and Blood Pressure Reactions to Mental Stress in Men: Data from the Whitehall II Study

Health Psychology

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 131-136

  Carroll, Douglas ^a   Sheffield, David ^c   Smith, George Davey ^b   Shipley, Martin J ^d   Marmot, Michael G ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^d ROYAL FREE AND UNIVERSITY COLLEGE MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Blood pressure; Cynical hostility; Mental stress; Socioeconomic status

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CLASSIFICATION; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HOSTILITY; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATION; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; RISK FACTOR; SOCIAL CLASS; STATISTICAL MODEL; TASK PERFORMANCE; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BLOOD PRESSURE; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CORONARY DISEASE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; HOSTILITY; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; LONDON; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; OCCUPATIONS; RISK FACTORS; SAMPLING STUDIES; SOCIAL CLASS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS;

EID: 0031090761     PISSN: 02786133     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0278-6133.16.2.131     Document Type: Article

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