Stress-related influences on blood pressure in African American women

Research in Nursing and Health

Volumn 25, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 383-393

  Webb, Mary S ^a   Beckstead, Jason W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

African American women; Anger; Coping; Hypertension; Stress

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANGER; ARTICLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MENTAL STRESS; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NEGRO; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; UNITED STATES;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANGER; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0036782272     PISSN: 01606891     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/nur.10053     Document Type: Article

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