Changes of blood pressure and heart rate during sexual activity in healthy adults

Blood Pressure Monitoring

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 211-217

  Xue Rui, Tan ^a,b   Ying, Lv ^b   Da Zhong, Yang ^b   Xiao Jun, Chen ^a  

^a SHANTOU UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE FLUCTUATION; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; BLOOD PRESSURE MONITORING; BODY POSITION; EXHAUSTION; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HEART RATE VARIABILITY; HOME ENVIRONMENT; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; ORGASM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEXUAL INTERCOURSE; BLOOD PRESSURE; COITUS; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSIOLOGY;

ADULT; BLOOD PRESSURE; COITUS; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ORGASM;

EID: 52649088385     PISSN: 13595237     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MBP.0b013e3283057a71     Document Type: Article

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