Individual differences in hostility and habituation of cardiovascular reactivity to stress

Stress and Health

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 37-42

  Hughes, Brian M ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF IRELAND   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Cardiovascular reactivity; Diastolic blood pressure; Habituation; Hostility; Stress

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR FUNCTION; CARDIOVASCULAR RESPONSE; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; FEMALE; HABITUATION; HEART RATE; HOSTILITY; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; STANDARDIZATION; STRESS; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE;

EID: 33847060771     PISSN: 15323005     EISSN: 15322998     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/smi.1117     Document Type: Article

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