Risk for hypertension and pain sensitivity in adolescent boys

Health Psychology

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 249-254

  Ditto, Blaine ^a   Pihl, Robert O ^a   Séguin, Jean R ^b   Boulerice, Bernard ^b   Tremblay, Richard E ^b  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

High blood pressure; Hypertension; Pain sensitivity; Parental history; Risk

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMOTIONAL STRESS; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; HYPOALGESIA; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; NOCICEPTION; NORMAL HUMAN; PAIN THRESHOLD; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; WELLBEING;

ADOLESCENT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BLOOD PRESSURE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DISEASE SUSCEPTIBILITY; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FAMILY HEALTH; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; MALE; PAIN THRESHOLD; QUEBEC; REFERENCE VALUES; RISK FACTORS; SENSATION DISORDERS;

EID: 0031836997     PISSN: 02786133     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0278-6133.17.3.249     Document Type: Article

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