Physical activity and blood pressure responsiveness to the cold pressor test in normotensive young adult African-American males

Ethnicity and Disease

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 217-223

  Bond Jr , Vernon ^a   Adams, R George ^b   Vaccaro, Paul ^b   Blakely, Raymond ^b   Franks, B Don ^b   Williams, Deborah ^b   Obisesan, Thomas O ^b   Millis, Richard ^b  

^a HOWARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

African Americans; Blood Pressure Reactivity; Physical Activity

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; BLOOD FLOW; BLOOD PRESSURE; COLD; EXERCISE; FOREARM; HEART RATE; HUMAN; MALE; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; STRESS; VASCULARIZATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; BLOOD PRESSURE; COLD; EXERCISE; FOREARM; HEART RATE; HUMANS; MALE; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; REGIONAL BLOOD FLOW; STRESS;

EID: 0035291041     PISSN: 1049510X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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