Heritability of blood pressure increases during mental stress

Twin Research

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 15-24

  Boomsma, D I ^a   Snieder, H ^a   De Geus, E J C ^a   Van Doornen, L J P ^a  

^a VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Genetics; Hypertension; Model fitting; Multivariate

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; FEMALE; GENETICS; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL FUNCTION; MENTAL STRESS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; REACTION TIME; REST; TWINS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BLOOD PRESSURE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL PROCESSES; REACTION TIME; REST; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; TWINS;

EID: 0032057382     PISSN: 13690523     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1375/twin.1.1.15     Document Type: Article

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