Cardiovascular functioning, personality, and the social world: The domain of hierarchical power

Neuroscience and Biobehavioral Reviews

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 145-159

  Newton, Tamara L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LOUISVILLE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cardiovascular reactivity; Dominance; Gender; Submissiveness

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; ANXIETY; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR FUNCTION; CARDIOVASCULAR RESPONSE; CORONARY ARTERY ATHEROSCLEROSIS; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE SEVERITY; EMOTION; HUMAN; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; NONHUMAN; PERSONALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL DOMINANCE; SOCIAL INTERACTION; SOCIAL STRESS; STRESS; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE;

CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; PERSONALITY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SEX FACTORS; SOCIAL DOMINANCE; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 56949084863     PISSN: 01497634     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neubiorev.2008.07.005     Document Type: Review

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