Ethnicity, perceived discrimination, and vascular reactivity to phenylephrine

Psychosomatic Medicine

Volumn 68, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 692-697

  Thomas, KaMala S ^a   Nelesen, Richard A ^b   Malcarne, Vanessa L ^d   Ziegler, Michael G ^c   Dimsdale, Joel E ^b,e  

^a SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN DIEGO   (United States)

^d SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Blood pressure; Ethnicity; Hypertension; Perceived discrimination; Reactivity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE MONITORING; BLOOD VESSEL REACTIVITY; BODY SURFACE; CIGARETTE SMOKING; CLINICAL RESEARCH; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; FUNCTION TEST; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEGRO; PERCEPTIVE DISCRIMINATION; POPULATION RISK; PRESSOR RESPONSE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF REPORT; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

ADRENERGIC ALPHA-AGONISTS; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; ATTITUDE; BLOOD PRESSURE; CHRONIC DISEASE; DISEASE SUSCEPTIBILITY; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHENYLEPHRINE; PREJUDICE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SELF CONCEPT; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; VASOCONSTRICTOR AGENTS;

EID: 33749005916     PISSN: 00333174     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.psy.0000238214.80871.e6     Document Type: Article

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