Large Arterial Elasticity Varies as a Function of Gender and Racism-Related Vigilance in Black Youth

Journal of Adolescent Health

Volumn 39, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 562-569

  Clark, Rodney ^a   Benkert, Ramona A ^b   Flack, John M ^a  

^a WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Arterial elasticity; Black youth; Gender; Racism; Vigilance

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ALERTNESS; ARTERIAL PRESSURE; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR PARAMETERS; CARDIOVASCULAR RESPONSE; CORONARY ARTERY; FEMALE; GENDER; HEMODYNAMIC PARAMETERS; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSE WAVE; RACISM; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SCHOOL CHILD; STATISTICAL MODEL; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ADOLESCENT; AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; AROUSAL; ARTERIES; ELASTICITY; FEMALE; HEMODYNAMIC PROCESSES; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; PREJUDICE; SEX DISTRIBUTION; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 33748576925     PISSN: 1054139X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jadohealth.2006.02.012     Document Type: Article

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