Gender, social support, and cardiovascular responses to stress

Psychosomatic Medicine

Volumn 61, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 234-242

  Glynn, Laura M ^a   Christenfeld, Nicholas ^a   Gerin, William ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Blood pressure; Cardiovascular reactivity; Gender; Social support; Stress

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; CARDIOVASCULAR RESPONSE; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMAN; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STRESS;

EID: 0032955827     PISSN: 00333174     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006842-199903000-00016     Document Type: Article

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