Skin pigmentation, self-perceived color, and arterial blood pressure in Puerto Rico

American Journal of Human Biology

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 195-206

  Gravlee, Clarence C ^a   Dressler, William W ^b  

^a FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; CULTURAL FACTOR; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INTERVIEW; MALE; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUERTO RICO; REFLECTOMETRY; SELF CONCEPT; SKIN COLOR; SKIN PIGMENTATION; SOCIAL STATUS; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE;

ADULT; BLOOD PRESSURE; CULTURAL CHARACTERISTICS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIFE STYLE; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PREVALENCE; PUERTO RICO; REFERENCE VALUES; SKIN PIGMENTATION; SOCIAL CLASS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 16344387519     PISSN: 10420533     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajhb.20111     Document Type: Article

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