Presence of a pet dogand human cardiovascular responses to mild mental stress

Clinical Autonomic Research

Volumn 11, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 313-317

  Kingwell, Bronwyn A ^a   Lomdahl, Andrea ^b   Anderson, Warwick P ^a  

^a BAKER IDI HEART AND DIABETES INSTITUTE   (Australia)

^b MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Autonomic function; Blood pressure; Blood pressure variability; Heart rate; Heart rate variability

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; BLOOD PRESSURE REGULATION; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION FUNCTION; CROSSOVER PROCEDURE; DOG; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HEART RATE VARIABILITY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STRESS; ANIMAL; BLOOD PRESSURE; DOMESTIC ANIMAL; EXERCISE; HEMODYNAMICS; MENTAL STRESS; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SMOKING;

ADULT; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, DOMESTIC; BLOOD PRESSURE; CROSS-OVER STUDIES; DOGS; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HEMODYNAMIC PROCESSES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRES; SMOKING; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 0034747115     PISSN: 09599851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02332977     Document Type: Article

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