Ethnic differences and heritability of heart rate variability in African- and European American youth

American Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 96, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 1166-1172

  Wang, Xiaoling ^a   Thayer, Julian F ^b   Treiber, Frank ^a   Snieder, Harold ^a,c  

^a MEDICAL COLLEGE OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON AGING   (United States)

^c ST THOMAS HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; ETHNOLOGY; EUROPEAN AMERICAN; FEMALE; HEART RATE VARIABILITY; HERITABILITY; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX RATIO; TWINS;

ADOLESCENT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; ETHNIC GROUPS; EUROPE; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MODELS, GENETIC; TWINS;

EID: 26244446786     PISSN: 00029149     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjcard.2005.06.050     Document Type: Article

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