Body mass and cardiovascular reactivity to racism in African American college students

Ethnicity and Disease

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 2-6

  Clark, Vernessa R ^a   Hill Jr , Oliver W ^a  

^a VIRGINIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Body mass; Cardiovascular reactivity; Racially noxious stressor

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; BODY MASS; CARDIOVASCULAR RESPONSE; COLLEGE STUDENT; FEMALE; HEART OUTPUT; HEART RATE VARIABILITY; HEART STROKE VOLUME; HUMAN; MALE; OBESITY; RACISM; SEX DIFFERENCE; STRESS; ADAPTATION; ADOLESCENT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; BLOOD PRESSURE; HEART RATE; MENTAL STRESS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; STUDENT; UNIVERSITY;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY MASS INDEX; CARDIAC OUTPUT; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMANS; MALE; OBESITY; PREJUDICE; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; STROKE VOLUME; STUDENTS; UNIVERSITIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 65249129091     PISSN: 1049510X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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