Blood pressure and heart rate of students undergoing a medical licensing examination

Blood Pressure

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 20-24

  Zeller, Andreas ^a   Handschin, Daniel ^a   Gyr, Niklaus ^a   Martina, Benedict ^a   Battegay, Edouard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL BASEL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Blood pressure; Cardiovascular reactivity; Medical education; Medical examination; Mental stress

Indexed keywords

FLUOXETINE; GINKGO BILOBA EXTRACT; HYPERICUM PERFORATUM EXTRACT; PROPRANOLOL; VALERIAN; VITAMIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; BLOOD PRESSURE MONITORING; CLINICAL OBSERVATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HEART RATE VARIABILITY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LICENSING; MALE; MEDICAL STUDENT; MENTAL STRESS; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; RECORDING; SEX DIFFERENCE; STUDENT T TEST; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE;

ADRENERGIC BETA-ANTAGONISTS; ADULT; ANTIDEPRESSIVE AGENTS; ANXIETY; BLOOD PRESSURE; EDUCATIONAL MEASUREMENT; FEMALE; GINKGO BILOBA; HEART RATE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; LICENSURE, MEDICAL; LORAZEPAM; MALE; PLANT EXTRACTS; PROPRANOLOL; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; STUDENTS, MEDICAL; VALERIAN; VITAMINS;

EID: 1842588036     PISSN: 08037051     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08037050310025645     Document Type: Article

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