Hostile attitudes predict elevated vascular resistance during interpersonal stress in men and women

Psychosomatic Medicine

Volumn 62, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 17-25

  Davis, Mary C ^a   Matthews, Karen A ^b   Mcgrath, Claire E ^a  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cardiovascular reactivity; Hostility; Interpersonal stress; Sex

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANGER; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; FEMALE; HEART OUTPUT; HEART RATE; HOSTILITY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IMPEDANCE CARDIOGRAPHY; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL PROBLEM; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; VASCULAR RESISTANCE;

EID: 0034056232     PISSN: 00333174     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006842-200001000-00003     Document Type: Article

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