Marital support, spousal contact and the course of mild hypertension

Journal of Psychosomatic Research

Volumn 55, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 229-233

  Baker, Brian ^a,e   Szalai, John Paul ^b   Paquette, Miney ^c   Tobe, Sheldon ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY HEALTH NETWORK   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c ST MICHAEL'S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^d SUNNYBROOK RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^e TORONTO WESTERN HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Marital; Mild hypertension; Spousal contact; Support

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE MONITORING; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE MASS; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; M MODE ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MARRIAGE; PREDICTION; SEXUAL INTERCOURSE; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SPOUSE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; AGED; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE HYPERTROPHY; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; AGED; BLOOD PRESSURE MONITORING, AMBULATORY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; HYPERTROPHY, LEFT VENTRICULAR; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SPOUSES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0642336385     PISSN: 00223999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-3999(02)00551-2     Document Type: Article

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