Differences in vascular reactivity between men and women

Angiology

Volumn 57, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 702-708

  Schank, Bob J ^a   Acree, Luke S ^a   Longfors, Jessica ^a   Gardner, Andrew W ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANKLE BRACHIAL INDEX; ARTICLE; BLOOD FLOW; BLOOD FLOWMETRY; BLOOD VESSEL REACTIVITY; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HYPEREMIA; LEG; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; VEIN OCCLUSION PLETHYSMOGRAPHY;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS INDEX; BODY WEIGHT; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEG; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PLETHYSMOGRAPHY; SEX FACTORS; VASOMOTOR SYSTEM;

EID: 33845714705     PISSN: 00033197     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0003319706295474     Document Type: Article

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