Heart period variability and depressive symptoms: Gender differences

Biological Psychiatry

Volumn 44, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 304-306

  Thayer, Julian F ^a   Smith, Marci ^a   Rossy, Lynn A ^a   Sollers, John J ^a   Friedman, Bruce H ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

^b VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Autonomic 210 McAlester Hall, University; Cardiovascular; Depression; Gender; Heart period variability

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTONOMIC INNERVATION; CALCULATION; CARDIOVASCULAR FUNCTION; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HEART CYCLE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HYPOTHESIS; MASS SCREENING; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RATING SCALE; SEX DETERMINATION; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

ADULT; DEPRESSION; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMANS; MALE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 0032529446     PISSN: 00063223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-3223(98)00008-0     Document Type: Article

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