Chronic stress burden, discrimination, and subclinical carotid artery disease in African American and Caucasian women

Health Psychology

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 300-309

  Troxel, Wendy M ^a   Matthews, Karen A ^a   Bromberger, Joyce T ^b   Sutton Tyrrell, Kim ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH GRADUATE SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Carotid arteries; Chronic stress; Discrimination; Race

Indexed keywords

HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; INSULIN; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

ADULT; AGE; ARTERY INTIMA; ARTERY MEDIA; ARTICLE; CAROTID ARTERY DISEASE; CAUCASIAN; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECHOGRAPHY; ECONOMIC ASPECT; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIFE EVENT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEGRO; RISK FACTOR; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; STRESS; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; CAROTID ARTERY DISEASES; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; MIDDLE AGED; POVERTY; PREJUDICE; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 0038290741     PISSN: 02786133     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0278-6133.22.3.300     Document Type: Article

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