Sex differences in pain perception and cardiovascular responses in persons with parental history for hypertension

Pain

Volumn 83, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 331-338

  Al'Absi, Mustafa ^a   Buchanan, Tony W ^b   Marrero, Abner ^b   Lovallo, William R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA DULUTH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Blood pressure; Gender; Hypertension; Pain

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; CARDIOVASCULAR RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; HYPOALGESIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NOCICEPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEX DIFFERENCE;

ADULT; AFFECT; BLOOD PRESSURE; COLD; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; MALE; PAIN; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PAIN THRESHOLD; PSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; SEX CHARACTERISTICS;

EID: 0032835524     PISSN: 03043959     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-3959(99)00122-0     Document Type: Article

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