Alexithymia: A facet of essential hypertension

Hypertension

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 1057-1061

  Jula, Antti ^a,b   Salminen, Jouko K ^a   Saarijärvi, Simo ^c  

^a Social Ins Inst R and D Centre   (Finland)

^b SOCIAL INSURANCE INSTITUTION   (Finland)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Alcohol; Alexithymia; Body mass index; Hypertension, essential; Physical fitness; Sodium; Stress, psychological

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; SODIUM;

ADULT; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ALEXITHYMIA; ANGER; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY MASS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISTRESS SYNDROME; ESSENTIAL HYPERTENSION; FEMALE; FITNESS; HUMAN; MALE; MEAN ARTERIAL PRESSURE; MENTAL STRESS; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SODIUM INTAKE;

EID: 0032920620     PISSN: 0194911X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/01.HYP.33.4.1057     Document Type: Article

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