Effects of stressful life events in young black men with high blood pressure

Ethnicity and Disease

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 64-70

  Han, Hae Ra ^a   Kim, Miyong T ^a   Rose, Linda ^a   Dennison, Cheryl ^a   Bone, Lee ^b   Hill, Martha N ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF NURSING   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Black men; High blood pressure; Stressful life events

Indexed keywords

AFRICAN AMERICAN; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COPING BEHAVIOR; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DATA ANALYSIS; DEPRESSION; DISTRESS SYNDROME; EMOTIONAL STRESS; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; KIDNEY FAILURE; LIFE EVENT; LIFESTYLE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEN'S HEALTH; MENTAL HEALTH; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; QUALITY OF LIFE; SCORING SYSTEM; STRESS; STROKE; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; ADDICTION; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; INTERVIEW; MENTAL STRESS; MIDDLE AGED; UNITED STATES; URBAN POPULATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; DEPRESSION; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; INTERVIEWS; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; MALE; MARYLAND; MIDDLE AGED; QUALITY OF LIFE; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 33744970497     PISSN: 1049510X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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