Sex, gender, and blood pressure: Contributions to experimental pain report

Psychosomatic Medicine

Volumn 63, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 545-550

  Myers, Cynthia D ^a,c   Robinson, Michael E ^a   Riley III, Joseph L ^a   Sheffield, David ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Blood pressure; Experimental pain; Gender role socialization; Pain threshold; Pain tolerance; Sex differences

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; COLD PRESSOR TEST; FEMALE; GENDER; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PAIN; PAIN THRESHOLD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REST; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIALIZATION; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; TASK PERFORMANCE;

EID: 0034922070     PISSN: 00333174     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006842-200107000-00004     Document Type: Article

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