Modernization, stress, and blood pressure: New directions in research

Human Biology

Volumn 71, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 583-605

  Dressler, William W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA   (United States)

Author keywords

Blood pressure; Culture; Modernization; Stress

Indexed keywords

EID: 0033179832     PISSN: 00187143     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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