Do blood pressure and heart rate responses to perceived stress vary according to endogenous estrogen level in women?

American Journal of Physical Anthropology

Volumn 132, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 151-157

  Pollard, Tessa M ^a   Pearce, Karen L ^b   Rousham, Emily K ^c   Schwartz, Joseph E ^d  

^a DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS BOSTON   (United States)

^c LOUGHBOROUGH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^d STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Menstrual cycle; Postmenopausal women; Premenopausal women

Indexed keywords

ESTROGEN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; ESTROGEN BLOOD LEVEL; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HEART RATE VARIABILITY; HUMAN; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; NORMAL HUMAN; PERCEPTION; POSTMENOPAUSE; PREMENOPAUSE; SELF EVALUATION; STRESS; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; URINALYSIS;

ADULT; BLOOD PRESSURE; ESTROGENS; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 33845906864     PISSN: 00029483     EISSN: 10968644     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajpa.20468     Document Type: Article

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