Cholesterol concentrations and cardiovascular reactivity to stress in African American college volunteers

Journal of Behavioral Medicine

Volumn 21, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 505-515

  Clark, Vernessa R ^a   Moore, Cyril L ^b   Adams, Jann H ^a  

^a MOREHOUSE COLLEGE   (United States)

^b MOREHOUSE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cardiac output; Cholesterol levels; Contractile force; Heart rate; Stroke volume

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BETA ADRENERGIC STIMULATION; BLOOD PRESSURE REGULATION; CARDIOVASCULAR RESPONSE; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; FEMALE; HEART MUSCLE CONTRACTILE FORCE; HEART OUTPUT; HEART STROKE VOLUME; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; NEGRO; NORMAL HUMAN; PREDICTION; RISK FACTOR; STRESS;

EID: 0031784620     PISSN: 01607715     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1018740511170     Document Type: Article

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