Cardiovascular disease risk factors in adolescents: Do negative emotions and hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis function play a role?

Current Opinion in Pediatrics

Volumn 19, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 559-564

  Pajer, Kathleen A ^a  

^a THE OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescents; Cardiovascular disease risk; Depression; Hostility anger; Hypothalamic pituitary adrenal axis

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENCE; BRAIN DYSFUNCTION; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; DEPRESSION; DISEASE COURSE; EMOTION; HUMAN; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT PSYCHOLOGY; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; DEPRESSION; EMOTIONS; HUMANS; HYPOTHALAMO-HYPOPHYSEAL SYSTEM; PITUITARY-ADRENAL SYSTEM; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 34748884967     PISSN: 10408703     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MOP.0b013e3282ef443a     Document Type: Review

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