Racism and ambulatory blood pressure in a community sample

Psychosomatic Medicine

Volumn 70, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 49-56

  Brondolo, Elizabeth ^a   Libby, Daniel J ^a   Denton, Ellen Ge ^a   Thompson, Shola ^a   Beatty, Danielle L ^b   Schwartz, Joseph ^c   Sweeney, Monica ^d   Tobin, Jonathan N ^e   Cassells, Andrea ^e   Pickering, Thomas G ^f   Gerin, William ^f  

^a ST JOHN'S UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d Bureau of HIV/AIDS Prevention and Control   (United States)

^e Clinical Directors Network   (United States)

^f NewYork Presbyterian Hospital   (United States)

Author keywords

Ambulatory blood pressure; Cardiovascular disease; Discrimination; Ecological momentary assessment; Hypertension; Racism

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE MONITORING; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; FEMALE; HISPANIC; HOSTILITY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NIGHT; NORMAL HUMAN; PERSONALITY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOSOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; RACISM; SOCIOECONOMICS; WAKEFULNESS;

EID: 38149049153     PISSN: 00333174     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/PSY.0b013e31815ff3bd     Document Type: Article

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