Life events and hemodynamic stress reactivity in the middle-aged and elderly

Psychophysiology

Volumn 42, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 269-276

  Carroll, Douglas ^a   Phillips, Anna C ^a   Ring, Christopher ^a   Der, Geoff ^b   Hunt, Kate ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Acute stress; Blood pressure; Life events; Reactivity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; COHORT ANALYSIS; EXPERIENCE; EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMAN; HYPOTHESIS; LIFE EVENT; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSE RATE; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE;

EID: 20544456049     PISSN: 00485772     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-8986.2005.00282.x     Document Type: Article

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