Effects of social stressors on cardiovascular reactivity in black and white women

Annals of Behavioral Medicine

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 120-127

  Lepore, Stephen J ^a   Revenson, Tracey A ^b   Weinberger, Sarah L ^c   Weston, Peter ^c   Frisina, Pasquale G ^c   Robertson, Rommel ^c   Portillo, Minerva Mentor ^b   Jones, Hollie ^b   Cross, William ^b  

^a Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

^b CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^c CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR RESPONSE; CAUCASIAN; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMAN; NORMAL HUMAN; RACE DIFFERENCE; RACISM; SOCIAL INTERACTION; SOCIAL PROBLEM; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; BLOOD PRESSURE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMANS; PREJUDICE; SOCIAL CLASS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 33645502723     PISSN: 08836612     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1207/s15324796abm3102_3     Document Type: Article

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