Job stress, gene polymorphism of β2-AR, and prevalence of hypertension

Biomedical and Environmental Sciences

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 239-246

  Yu, Shan Fa ^a,b   Zhou, Wen Hui ^b   Jiang, Kai You ^b   Gu, Gui Zheng ^b   Wang, Sheng ^a  

^a PEKING UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (China)

^b Henan Provincial Institute of Occupational Medicine   (China)

Author keywords

Gene polymorphism; Hypertension; Job stress; 2 AR

Indexed keywords

EID: 47949092915     PISSN: 08953988     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0895-3988(08)60036-7     Document Type: Article

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