Effects of stress reduction on carotid atherosclerosis in hypertensive African Americans

Stroke

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 568-573

  Castillo Richmond, Amparo ^a   Schneider, Robert H ^a   Alexander, Charles N ^a   Cook, Robert ^b   Myers, Hector ^b,c   Nidich, Sanford ^a   Haney, Chinelo ^b   Rainforth, Maxwell ^a   Salerno, John ^a  

^a MAHARISHI UNIVERSITY OF MANAGEMENT   (United States)

^b CHARLES R DREW UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE AND SCIENCE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Atherosclerosis; Blacks; Carotid arteries; Stress; Ultrasonography

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; ARTERY INTIMA; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; B SCAN; CAROTID ARTERY DISEASE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; NEGRO; PATIENT EDUCATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; TRANSCENDENTAL MEDITATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0034012095     PISSN: 00392499     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/01.STR.31.3.568     Document Type: Article

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