Psychosocial factors contribute to resting blood pressure in African Americans

Ethnicity and Disease

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 289-293

  Pointer, Mildred A ^a   Livingston, Jonathan N ^a   Yancey, Sadiqa ^a   McClelland, Marilyn K ^a   Bukoski, Richard D ^a  

^a NORTH CAROLINA CENTRAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

African americans; Health disparity; Hypertension; Psychosocial factors; Resting blood pressure

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BEHAVIORAL RISK FACTOR SURVEILLANCE SYSTEM; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY MASS; CARDIOVASCULAR FUNCTION; FEMALE; HOSTILITY; HUMAN; MALE; MEAN ARTERIAL PRESSURE; NORMAL HUMAN; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; ADOLESCENT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; COHORT ANALYSIS; EMOTION; ETHNOLOGY; MENTAL STRESS; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; REST; RISK FACTOR; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; AGED; BLOOD PRESSURE; COHORT STUDIES; EXPRESSED EMOTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NORTH CAROLINA; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; REST; RISK FACTORS; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 55249104152     PISSN: 1049510X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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