Psychosocial factors and heart rate variability in healthy women

Psychosomatic Medicine

Volumn 61, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 49-57

  Horsten, Myriam ^a   Ericson, Mats ^b   Perski, Aleksander ^a   Wamala, Sarah P ^a   Schenck Gustafsson, Karin ^c   Orth Goḿer, Kristina ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b ROYAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

^c KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Heart rate variability; Psychosocial factors; Social support; Women

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANGER; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR AUTOREGULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEART RATE VARIABILITY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOSOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIAL ISOLATION; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

EID: 0032909526     PISSN: 00333174     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006842-199901000-00009     Document Type: Article

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