Psychosocial factors and racial differences in blood pressure dipping

American Journal of Hypertension

Volumn 22, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 584-

  Jehn, Megan L ^a  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BLOOD PRESSURE FLUCTUATION; BLOOD PRESSURE MONITORING; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ETHNIC GROUP; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; NOTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIOECONOMICS;

ANGER; BLOOD PRESSURE; BLOOD PRESSURE MONITORING, AMBULATORY; DEPRESSION; ETHNIC GROUPS; HOSTILITY; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; LIFE STYLE; RISK FACTORS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; UNITED STATES;

EID: 66249140567     PISSN: 08957061     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ajh.2009.73     Document Type: Note

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