Critical flicker fusion frequency: Relation to resting systolic blood pressure

Optometry and Vision Science

Volumn 81, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 373-376

  Gutherie, Audrey H ^a   Hammond Jr , Billy R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Critical flicker fusion frequency; Diastolic blood pressure; Flicker sensitivity; Psychophysics; Systolic blood pressure

Indexed keywords

AUTOMATION; BLOOD; FREQUENCIES; MANOMETERS;

CRITICAL FLICKER FREQUENCIES (CFF); SPHYGMOMANOMETERS; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE (SBP);

VISION;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CRITICAL FLICKER FUSION; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOPHYSICS; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BLOOD PRESSURE; BLOOD PRESSURE DETERMINATION; FEMALE; FLICKER FUSION; HUMANS; MALE; PSYCHOPHYSICS; SPHYGMOMANOMETERS;

EID: 2542576344     PISSN: 10405488     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.opx.0000135084.16018.ac     Document Type: Article

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