Heart Rate and Blood Pressure Response in Adult Men and Women During Exercise and Sexual Activity

American Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 100, Issue 12, 2007, Pages 1795-1801

  Palmeri, Sebastian T ^a   Kostis, John B ^a   Casazza, Laurie ^a   Sleeper, Lynn A ^b   Lu, Minmin ^b   Nezgoda, Joseph ^a   Rosen, Raymond S ^a  

^a ROBERT WOOD JOHNSON MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b NEW ENGLAND RESEARCH INSTITUTES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; TREADMILL EXERCISE;

ADULT; AGED; BLOOD PRESSURE; COITUS; EXERCISE; EXERCISE TEST; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ORGASM; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 36849077777     PISSN: 00029149     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjcard.2007.07.040     Document Type: Article

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