Gender, family structure and cardiovascular activity during the working day and evening

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 50, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 531-539

  Steptoe, Andrew ^a   Lundwall, Karen ^a   Cropley, Mark ^a  

^a ST GEORGE'S UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Blood pressure; Family; Gender; Marriage; Stress; Work

Indexed keywords

FAMILY STRUCTURE; GENDER ROLE; HEALTH STATUS;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE MONITORING; CARDIOVASCULAR FUNCTION; FEMALE; GENDER; HEART RATE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MARRIAGE; NORMAL HUMAN; PARENTHOOD; SOCIAL SUPPORT; TEACHER; WORKING TIME;

ADULT; BLOOD PRESSURE; BLOOD PRESSURE MONITORING, AMBULATORY; CARDIOVASCULAR PHYSIOLOGY; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SEX FACTORS; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; WORK;

EID: 0034142693     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0277-9536(99)00324-X     Document Type: Article

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